Word: aestheticizing
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Home's aesthetic is like Larry Flynt meets Lake Woebegone: All the men are strong, the women big-breasted and the children - well, there are no children because that would be really creepy.
In cultural terms, Chinese revolutionary zeal is often remembered more for what it destroyed - temples, monuments, reputations, lives - than for what it created. But "Art and China's Revolution," an exhibition at the Asia Society in New York City until Jan. 11, presents a fascinating look at an artistic development...
In 1979, Lester Bangs wrote, “These are mutant times, and Talking Heads are the most human of mutant groups.” Give it a few tweaks, and the sentence is relevant to 2008: for these are robot times, and Kanye West is the most human of...
French architect Jacques Ferrier is a big fan of concrete. He has used it extensively in his latest work, including the French pavilion he has designed for the 2010 World Fair in Shanghai, and believes it has strong aesthetic appeal. "It has a sensuality," he enthuses. "It evokes images of...
The Lowdown: Nobody's going to mistake this book for a serious look at the evolution of global fashion or a monograph on the guerilla-retailing model that Nigo and his associates pioneered; its uneven grammar and haphazard use of the serial comma alone should see to that. *A Bathing...