Word: art
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...triumphal enthusiasm of Boston's new artists' groups rebounds in the gallery. Groups like the Boston Studio Coalition, Art and Technology Inc., and the Institute of Contemporary Art know that they are firm in their grasp. Finally, one is comfortable with the heirs of Abstract Expressionism, all of them. We are at last joyfully in our own century...
Some of the works are, of course, stronger than others. You don't remember Anthony Thompson's rectangular sheet of clear plexiglass with one corner folded until you're deep in the subway. Only then does the powerful subtlety of Minimal Art attack. By contrast, the huge white canvas with three thick black lines by Curtis Crystal, a Tufts undergraduate, seems consciously aware of its importance...
Conditioned into insecurity as to the validity of our own experience, we want to know what to expect from our art rather than meet the challenge of true expereince. The idea that the creative process is complete within the decisions of the artist is erroneous and contemptible of the viewer. The actuality of a work lies not in the relationships within the work, but in relationships established between it and the viewer...
...reduced to fifteen, including the five actors, three weeks ago, Leven's wife Linda had become a sort of ad hoc special assistant. Seated beside her husband, Linda launched enthusiastically into a discussion of one of her myriad duties. She explained how determined she was to develop a provocative art gallery that would serve as a stimulating gathering spot during the intermission. ("Not landscapes and classic nudes, but works that make you think and get involved in conversations.") When her husband resumed his end of the conversation, she often interrupted to emphasize a particular point he was making. She, more...
...Count, a master of type-casting, assigns roles to his guests that exactly parallel their actual intrigues. In no time at all, life is imitating art and vice versa. The Countess, in her Louis Quatorze gown, puffs Turkish cigarettes and wears oversize sunglasses. The mistress alternates between her catty conspiracies and her overplayed acting--in the process, making great fun out of lines like, "La! There's village drollery...