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...Hannah, to whom the exhibit is dedicated, graduated from the College in 1942. At the age of four, Hannah realized what he wanted to do with his life, following this dream to Bard College to study painting. The faculty members there were color-field painters, specializing in the abstract, so Hann ah transferred to the Parsons New School of Design two years later. “I wanted the challenge of verisimilitude,” Hannah says. “There is something in me that wanted to make narrative paintings, which of course abstract does not offer...
...good vibes. Q-Tip was the buttery-smooth, laid-back voice on some of the best tracks that hip-hop has to offer. It has been a long six years since Q-Tip’s last album, 2002’s “Kamaal the Abstract,” went unreleased for lacking commercial appeal. In the meantime, Q-Tip has had time to observe the domination of mainstream rap by rappers whose top priorities are probably not their lyrics. Given Q-Tip’s love for hip-hop and a lengthy hiatus in which to create...
This was the moment that abstract principles and necessary safeguards collided with the sad, strong will of a dying girl. Under British law, a child Hannah's age is allowed to refuse lifesaving treatment, provided that all the options have been fully explained and the child has the support of his or her parents. A social worker arrived at the Joneses' house, and Hannah laid out her reasons. "I just decided there were too many risks, and even if I took it, there might be a bad outcome," Hannah said. "There is a chance that...
...numbers. It only recently occurred to me that if you don't look at the individual, you make him or her a victim a second time," one teacher in Berlin said after reviewing the archive. Foundation director Nachama agrees. "The commemoration of these events is no longer just about abstract history," he says. "It's about concrete events; the history of your street, the history of your neighborhood...
...this show, which has tested so many other directors. To overcome the long line of bad reviews, Vartikar-McCullough plans to bring the show back to Williams’s intentions and incorporate a distinct approach to directing. “Tennessee Williams clearly wanted it to be an abstract, absurdist kind of thing. More well put, it was this bizarre world and an incredibly intense emotional situation. Every time, the bizarre world is ignored.” Vartikar-McCullough is playing up this abstract nature of the environment: “I wanted to create this elision between actors...