Word: colorism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...LITTLE WORLD OF ROMAN VISHNIAK (NBC, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). Considered one of the foremost photographers of microscopic life, the 70-year-old biologist and zoologist developed a method called "colorization." With this unique process, he transforms scientific subjects into an art show while examining the complex life of microorganisms. Dr. Vishniak's life and work are put under the TV microscope in this color special...
...Dancer's Image by accident at night, mistaking him for another horse -and the stewards gave it some credence by questioning other horsemen whose charges had been stabled near the Dancer's barn during Derby week. But Dancer's Image is a grey, an unusual color among thoroughbreds. He also is 1,050 Ibs. of fighting muscle; anybody blind enough to invade his stall by mistake would be taking his life in his hands-especially if he tried to force a pill down the horse's throat...
...maintenance employees, most of them Negro, who struck for the right to bargain collectively. "To see these middleclass, Southern white kids treating semiliterate Negro maids and janitors with dignity and respect, without any condescension, is heartening," says Faculty Member Samuel Cook. "They're not only breaking the color barrier, but the class and educational barriers." In San Francisco, 150 Bay area physicians and health workers have organized as the Medical Committee for Human Rights to mediate between the Black Panthers, one of the more militant Negro movements on the West Coast, and white authority...
...viewer. Says he of his sculpture: "You don't have to explore it. The information is given at once." To him, the appeal of felt is twofold: its shape depends on how it is draped. Secondly, felt comes naturally in heather, maroon and buff (Morris refuses to color his metal works, since paint creates "a second skin...
...value on it. Recently, a resurgence of pride in the nation's heritage has led to a rediscovery of Indian folk art. How rich a tradition it has is shown in an exhibit of 470 masks, statues, weavings, paintings and puppets now touring the U.S. (see color page). Organized by the U.S.'s Stella Kramrisch for the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the show is currently at San Francisco's De Young Memorial Museum...