Word: abstractions
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...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...
...past, the question of what beckoned after college seemed pleasantly abstract, and prying, if well-meaning, family friends could always be fobbed off with the response, “Well, I’m hoping to catch up on four years’ worth of sleep and then I’ll go from there.” Towards the end of this summer, though, that answer started to sound trite, and instead of appearing agreeably flexible, I began to look disagreeably lazy. So now, like at least a quarter of the students at Harvard, I have to start thinking...