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During the event, the Foundation will recognize Pinkett-Smith as its Artist of the Year, an honor bestowed upon an individual who makes a distinguished contribution to the arts and to humanitarian efforts...
...remix" concept - blending old and new, sacred and mundane - is an apt metaphor for contemporary African art. Ghanaian artist El Anatsui makes a dazzling metal cloth, reminiscent of ceremonial fabrics, from thousands of aluminum bottle tops. Mozambican sculptor Gonçalo Mabunda domesticates assault rifles and other weapons by transforming them into furniture. In Le Monde Vomissant (The Vomiting World), Democratic Republic of Congo painter Chéri Samba depicts a starving globe throwing up the Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century...
Another tradition involved in Cultural Rhythms is the unveiling of the Foundation’s choice for Artist of the Year, a prominent performing artist who has displayed noteworthy charitable concern as well as efforts to encourage multiculturalism. In the past, Cultural Rhythms has been hosted by the award recipients and such A-list entertainers as Queen Latifah, Matt Damon, and Will Smith. The artist is hand-selected by Dr. S. Allen Counter, the Director of the Harvard Foundation, from a ranked list of celebrities voted on by student interns. Though the show’s organizers are hesitant...
...images in the exhibition capture the intensity of change in the Chinese economy," says co-curator Wu Hung. "The artists make their works very quickly, so everything has a raw sense of immediacy and energy." Raw is the operative word. For a portrait of performance artist Zhang Huan, photographer Rong Rong required Zhang to stand in a dirty toilet block for an hour, smeared with honey and covered with flies. "The art is so dynamic because in China everything moves so fast," says Wu, "and art captures this sense of social transformation." Can't make the Seattle showing? "Between Past...
...Opal” Buloni, played by newcomer AnnaSophia Robb, is a lonely girl who sports overalls and an American Girl smile. Opal is distinguished from the other townsfolk of sleepy Naomi, Florida with her odd name and piercing blue eyes, framed by dark mascara and perfectly plucked eyebrows. This artistic choice on the part of the makeup artist gives the young actress a surreal appearance to stand out in a movie lacking any standout plot or character development...