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DIED. Mose Tolliver, believed to be in his 80s, factory worker turned folk artist known as Mose T who became one of the leading figures in the Outsider Art, or self-taught, movement; in Montgomery, Ala. Tolliver began painting compulsively in the 1960s after an accident at a furniture factory left his legs crushed. His lyrical pieces, which he made with house paint and hung in his front yard using dental floss, first drew curious buyers, then eager galleries. The paintings--of bold, bright, sometimes grotesque women, birds, flowers, snakes and trees--are now in the permanent collections of major...
It’s understandable that, given recent events, The Crimson’s editorial board is jumping at the chance to come down hard on a case of alleged plagiarism. It’s a shame, though, that the newspaper would jettison a talented artist on such flimsy evidence...
...decision to remove Kathleen Breeden, by far the most artistically talented of your cartoonists, was rash and uninformed at best. A full consultation of artists, cartoonists, and journalism experts on the issue was warranted. As an occasional artist myself, I draw inspiration from visual media I see every day and my artwork reflects influences by others, whether published or unpublished. Historical examples of reproductions of great masterworks also highlight the reciprocal and sharing nature of the world of arts and music. A slight aberration from another piece of painting can result in a masterpiece; art itself invites sharing and appreciation...
...falls off a seesaw in the middle of a crowded art gallery, does he make a sound? As Ogden T. Ross ’75 and a room full of fellow art enthusiasts recently learned, the answer is yes—he does.After lively opening remarks by Mexican contemporary artist Pedro Reyes last Thursday, the Carpenter Center’s Sert Gallery reception was thronged with eager attendees, a concerned HUPD officer, and a number of local EMTs. And the aforementioned seesaw? It was the centerpiece of the show.With his installation “ad usum: To Be Used...
...campus life fellow in 2005-06, and is also a Crimson editor, sees an additional danger in democratization: over-inflation of student expectations.“If the HCC were to have popular elections, you would have people basing their candidacy on promises to bring X, Y, Z artists without necessarily being in a position to evaluate the feasibility of actually bringing such an artist,” he says.The HCC’s production chair, Samantha H. Fink ’07, says the current group structure—wherein new members are selected by the existing group?...