Word: abstraction
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There's a daring, exhilarating spirit to the fights too. These are gory production numbers, immediate but also abstract--studies in what the body can achieve and endure. And because Tarantino mostly eschewed digital effects and had his performers do the stunts, you get figuratively sprayed by the sweat all that slick terpsichore generates. Even the arcs of blood have the propulsion of crimson choreography. In this sense, Kill Bill is the greatest dance film since West Side Story...
...made the early collections of Helmut Lang, Alexander McQueen and Marc Jacobs. When he approached Horsting and Snoeren and asked if they could translate their unwearable haute couture collections into a commercial ready-to-wear line, they were eager to try. Even then, they remained abstract. Each article of clothing was made up of three pieces that had to be bought separately, and then attached. "They had no idea about sales," laughs Pene. "But they had the right mood. I said: 'Give us something they can buy.'" They responded by covering jeans, shirts and sweatshirts with a garish American-flag...
...Gebauer found communism so oppressive that he withdrew to an isolated hilltop house near Prague and in 1973 declared it his own state - complete with its own anthem. "State Gebauer" became an "island of free expression" populated with whimsical figures of swimmers, gnomes and cows. And being a largely abstract concept, the sculptor's retreat escaped the attention of the authorities. Many unofficial artists working behind the Iron Curtain created private cocoons where they could work unhindered, though this meant their work was rarely seen. Now a new museum in Prague seeks to rescue them from obscurity. "This generation...
When current Leverett Master Howard Georgi had “Coltrane” appraised several years ago, the results were supremely unsurprising. “Webster’s work may be termed Neo-Geo or Neo-Abstract and falls under the heading of Post-Modern, which is to say art since 1980,” says the report from Eppraisals.com. “Because Webster is a contemporary artist who currently has no history at auction, fair market values for his work will...
...those unwilling to make the pilgrimage out, “Variations” is a white and gray virus-like structure against a startling blue background, in a simple wood frame. It may well hold the distinction of most pretentiously titled piece of bad science-related abstract...