Word: backgrounders
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...canvases in this show are the paintings by Juan Sánchez Cotán. His practice was not so much to present as to isolate a few vegetables and pieces of fruit on a shelf or suspend them above it on strings. All are sharply lit before a deep black background, the simplest products of creation, not just seen but beheld, and summoning us from the darkness. What should we make of the mysterious gravity in these pictures? Perhaps just that in fiercely religious Spain, even a cabbage could be God's anointed messenger...
...unapologetic willingness to address theory. In this book, you frequently allude to and often explicitly mention several big thinkers, from Rorty to Kierkegaard to Hegel. Could you talk a little about your decision to directly discuss theory and philosophy in the novel instead of keeping them the background and letting them inform your writing? KG: You get more names in the beginning of the book than you do at the end of the book. When you’re younger these people are just names that you hear in class and that you slowly begin to approach and study...
Despite its lime-green background, “A Taste of Power: 18th Century German Porcelain for the Table” is easy to miss at first among the many other works of art currently on view at the Busch-Reisinger Museum. The exhibition, which runs through June 30, is surprisingly small, consisting of four cases housing a total of only five porcelain figurines. However, what the pieces lack in size, they make up for in beauty. Each precious inch of the figurines is carefully painted and lined with a surprising amount of detail. Their life-like, agile representations...
...some woman driving off in a car, like, wildly excited to be free,” said Jason Segel, star of the upcoming movie “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” in an interview with The Crimson. For Segel, the pathetic break-up that serves as the background of “Forgetting” is an example of art imitating life.“I got dumped while I was naked once, which is why the naked break-up is in the movie, and I thought that it was hilarious while it was happening but I couldn?...
...Their Satanic Majesties Request.” The cover art of BJM’s new album, “My Bloody Underground,” features a white ’73 (the year the Velvet Underground officially disbanded) on a red background. Fittingly, the album is filled with the moodiness and memorable acoustic motifs that Lou Reed and company made memorable. With titles like “Just Like Kicking Jesus” and “Auto-Matic-Faggot for the People,” the group maintains their tradition of rock-star irreverence. The first track...