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...Fogg Art Museum houses art of all shapes, sizes and genres, from 14th-century church relics to abstract expressionist canvases. On November 16, the Fogg played host to another, more fleeting art form for a few hours. On that evening, the Cambridge Society for Early Music held the first concert of its 18th season in the courtyard of the Fogg--the first time the space has been used by the society. It proved to be the ideal setting for the "Chamber Music by Candlelight" concert entitled "Harp and Double Harp," featuring acclaimed harpist Andrew Lawrence-King...
...rapid stirring can turn a bunch of powders and some well-placed margarine into the stuff of life (in its fully evolved forms of croissants, cookies and delicate pie crusts) seems nothing less than a miracle. Kneading and a little yeast outdo the best philosophy papers at bringing the abstract to life...
...blunt utility of Hubbuch's composition combine to give the viewer a queer sense of detachment, which prevents wholehearted admiration while simultaneously intensifying the clarity of appreciation. Like most of the other drawings and photographs exhibited at the Busch, The Schaefer Sisters "clicks" for the viewer just as later Abstract Expressionist pieces "click"; unlike abstract images, however, the presence of a clearly portrayed object confounds any attempt on the museum goer's part to detect feelings of abstract communication or inspiration. Pieces such as Max Beckmann's hollow-eyed Self-Portrait and Lyonel Feiniger's playfully interpretable Hairdresser's Dummy...
Instead of representation, instead of abstract beauty, Weimar visual cultural does...what? It is political, but it is more than simple propaganda--Heartfield and Georg Grosz each have their Hitler caricatures, but the meat of Weimar thought is elsewhere. Technology is everywhere: in the medium of photography, in Bauhaus design, in the mannequins of Josef Albers and Oskar Schlemmer, in the pipes and puppets in the portraiture section. The noisy whirligig of modern technology is both embraced in dada photo-montages of basketball-headed humanoids and controlled through the neat, organized designs of Herbert Bayer's movie house and exhibition...
Though the script itself is painfully hackneyed, Pitt just seems to have no clue. Death is such an abstract type of role that he can basically do anything; all that is required is a consistent, believable interpretation (like Thandie Newton's remarkable performance in the recent Beloved). Unfortunately, Pitt isn't a natural comedian, he doesn't have much range, and he has problems creating a coherent character. One moment Joe is ridiculously inept; the next an almighty deity. For example, he comes to Earth having no idea what peanut butter is--he literally probes the jar for minutes...