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...greater number used it as a substitute for knowledge. Many of those in last week's show were like men who, having never learned to sing, just shout. There were others who seemed not to belong in the exhibition at all. The doughnut-soft abstractions of Jean Arp, the polished simplifications of Constantin Brancusi, the striding stick-figures of Alberto Giacometti and Henry Moore's pierced fantasies would probably have baffled Rodin as much as they do most gallerygoers...
Later this fall three modern murals by Miro, Bayer, and Arp will be pleased in various parts of the dormitories. The works are being completed by these artists especially for the graduate dormitories...
...from the grass like a strange new species of mushroom were a pair of coldly obscure stone lumps by Englishman Henry Moore, who had laconically dubbed them Carving and Sculpture. Near by perched two glistening, seal-sleek shapes entitled Crown of Buds and Bad Fruit, by ex-Dadaist Jean Arp. "The most obscene works in the show," commented one visitor, "but nobody realizes...
...murals will be compositions of "pleasing shapes and colors, intended to brighten the appearance of the building," and will be prepared by three internationally recognized artists, Jean Miro, Herbert Bayer, and Hans Arp...
...Arp has done sculpture in all types of materials and is known for his excellent work in relief, achieving a decorative and aesthetic effect in basic materials...