Word: brush
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...attempts to convey the wavy fluidity, "the absolute indeterminate essence" of the sun, sky and ocean. He uses a combination of schematic and symbolic lines, actual color photographs, and a shimmering plastic called Rowlux, that in any other context--the plastic body of a comb or a brush, a drug-store display, a hair-salon wall--would be called vulgar. But here it is uncanny in its hypnotic approximation of nature...
SCREEN YOUR CHIMNEY. It wouldn't be a vacation without a roaring fire in the fireplace. But sparks from your chimney can wander into nearby brush if they're not controlled. So always attach a non-flammable screen to the top of your chimney or stovepipe. And be sure the openings in the screen are no more than 1/2 inch in size. That way you'll trap your sparks before they get away. If you're not sure what kind of screen is best for your chimney, check with your local fire department...
...BACK THE BRUSH. Dry grass, brush, weeds and branches don't look very nice lying around your home. And what's more, they're dangerous. So pick the dry branches. And cut back the dry weeds and brush. So in case a fire does start near your home, you'll have a ready-made fire break...
...Syria around the 12th century. One plate (see cut) bears the design of a heron, stalking with incomparable grace through this background color as if through azure water. The body of a vase is adorned with leaf-shaped flecks of black, each done with one movement of the brush, but the design−in all its swift irregularity−is full of vitality. The Arabic mastery of pattern was absolute...
...Smith's paintings at the Green Gallery in 1961 used the simple, emblematic formats of ad layout-a disk, a heart, striped bands-but dissolved them in a feathery, airy film of brush strokes. Then he became interested in packages. Again, packaging was not iconic; it was the most abstract way of putting a product over, smooth and low-keyed, with a regular boxy shape. Paintings like Piano (1963) thrust out from the wall, the sloping canvas sides of the built box contradicted by the smaller fake boxes painted on it in Smith's cursive, soft handwriting, like...