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What was it that Cézanne did that was so important to the future? Many things, but chief among them is that he shattered the picture plane. By constructing each painting as a series of plainly separate, insistent strokes, he confounds the viewer's natural impulse to treat the canvas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Master of Us All | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

Representative Eric Cantor has a giant mounted photo propped like a canvas on a chair in the corner of his office in the Capitol. The image seems like an innocently iconic one - a shot of the National Mall from Congress - until a staffer explains that it's the view from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eric Cantor: Giving the GOP Back Its Mojo | 2/23/2009 | See Source »

In the world of hip-hop, where big egos are as common as sampled beats, Cameron “Cam’ron†Giles remains a shining beacon of arrogance in pastel paisley and a candy-colored Escalade. Still, it’s been over three years since...

Author: By Roxanne J. Fequiere, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cam'Ron | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

It is a rare treat when audience members can exit an avant-garde film screening without thinking, “What the hell was that?†At best, one might appreciate the film’s aesthetics, while never fully grasping the artist’s intentions. However...

Author: By Noël D. Barlow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Jacobs Transcends 2-D | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

Within the ICA’s walls, Fairey used mixed media to preserve nuance as his art moved from street to gallery. Glimpses of newspaper and posters show through the paint, complicating the work’s more overt messages. Standing beneath his largest inside work to date, which the...

Author: By Anna K. Barnet and Joshua J. Kearney, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Shepard Fairey and the Obedience Paradox | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

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