Word: blake
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week in Manhattan's Willard Gallery, visitors read these words of Author William Blake (ThePainter and the Lady) in a 10? catalogue, and gazed, not always sternly, at a thousand devices in 15 plaques on the walls. The plaques stemmed from the numismatic art of the coin and medal maker; they were beautifully cast in low relief in silver or bronze, in various shades and patinas. How they flowered was something else. Husky, wispy-bearded, bighanded Sculptor David Smith called his plaques "Medals for Dishonor," intended them to be awarded for distinguished service in the art of causing...
Sculptor Smith's medals could be pigeonholed as surrealist, but so could some works from which they were descended: Gothic decoration, the imagery of Artist (The) William Blake (no kin to pseudonymous Author Blake), the Caprichos of Goya, the dream pictures of 15th-Century Artist Hieronymus Bosch. The Smith works were as full of symbolism as the Freudian moon is of green cheese. Of Elements Which Cause Prostitution Mr.Smith explained: "The land is cushioned -the bowl has the sponge-the fern has futility-the anchor of hearts is ashore-the vulture disembowels. Salvarsan needles to the shamefully stricken...
...other fighting seadog moved up was Rear Admiral Sir Henry H. Harwood, hero of the Battle of the Plate, where with three cruisers he licked the pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee. Sir Henry was called to the Admiralty to replace Vice Admiral Sir Geoffrey Blake as assistant chief of staff and a member of the controlling Admiralty Board...
Flowing Gold (Warner Bros.) opens with Johnny Blake (John Garfield) moodily waiting in line for a job with a handful of other oil-field "roughnecks." Soon a stranger justifiably snorts: "Boy, you sure got a chip on your shoulder," and Johnny snarls: "Want to try and knock it off?" From then on it is merely a question of waiting to see who hits whom with what...
Coach: K. Blake Dennison...