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Sargent Hall has sculptures extending up to 12 inches off of the canvas, and Sargent used glass, wood, metal and a variety of paints in creating the murals. Still, the workers say it’s worth the effort. “The Straus Center would bring this passion and...
According to Maurer, the library murals were one of Sargent’s favorite projects. He painted them on canvas in England, and upon completion they were rolled up and transported to the U.S. for hanging. Sargent began the project in 1890. The first panel was installed in 1895, and...
Life is funny sometimes. The breeze blows one way and an ambitious young reporter finds himself tracking down sources in the VES department or attending Faculty meetings with some responsible regularity. But that poker-faced seriousness gets old after awhile. The tie needs loosening and FM is there to take...
...Around the same time, Hans Namuth was photographing Jackson Pollock from all angles as the American artist dripped, splashed and poured paint onto canvas. Fifteen years later, Milan photographer Ugo Mulas had something similar in mind when he asked his friend Lucio Fontana, famous for slashing through large monochrome canvases, for a chance to record his unusual technique for posterity. The resulting six-photo series is presented alongside a new exhibition of the artist's work at Verona's Palazzo Forti. We see the elegantly-dressed Fontana approaching a solid white canvas, a Stanley utility knife gripped tightly...
"It's a wonderful story," Updike says. "That this terribly handicapped man handicapped by his alcoholism, limited in his intelligence, in his skillswent into the countryside, and this flood of light somehow entered his work." With darkness by its side, as Updike well understands. He takes art seriously. For more...