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...sculpture or a gigantic joke-Pet Rocks on a heroic scale? Folks in Hartford, Conn., have been debating that since just before Labor Day, when several trucks and a large crane deposited 36 boulders, some weighing 19,000 Ibs., in a rough triangular pattern around a downtown park. The arrangement is the creation of Minimalist Sculptor Carl Andre, who was commissioned at a cost of $87,000 by a local foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. But Hartford citizens could not be more angry if they had paid for it themselves. Snapped Mayor George Athanson: "You call that...
Number one player, junior Sally Roberts from Greenwich, Conn., heads the field of returning starters, which includes Captain-elect Katie Ditzler (number three last year), Terry Clarke, injury-prone Diana Olney, Beth Craig and Patty Wen. J.V. standouts Perry Heffelfinger, Abby Greenbaum and Liz Livingstone saw occasional varsity court time last season, and should be ready to make the permanent jump this year...
Other freshmen who look "quite promising," according to Wynn, are Elizabeth Perpont from Darien, Conn., and Lisa Greco from Palm Beach...
DIED. Naum Gabo, 87, Russian-born sculptor who founded constructivism, one of the most innovative movements in 20th century art; of cancer; in Waterbury, Conn. Gabo studied medicine and engineering in pre-World War I Germany while, at the same time, painting and sculpting. In 1920 he wrote Realistic Manifesto, which outlined the principles he was to espouse, rejecting sculpture as mass and calling for the use of space as a structural part of the object. After working in England (1935-46), Gabo moved to the U. S. and in 1952 became an American citizen. He created a dazzling, airy...
...most successful Supported Work project is the $4.3 million Maverick Corp., which runs a tire-recapping operation in Hartford, Conn. Maverick employs 350 ghetto dwellers, including 100 people age 17 to 20. Typically, a worker is offered $2.50 an hour, and told that whoever shows up punctually will get $2.67 instead. Anyone who is so much as one minute late loses the bonus for the entire week.'" Morale is high, and last year 85 workers moved on to private jobs. Says Maverick President Dan MacKinnon: "Of that group, 25% have lost their jobs. That doesn't make me feel very...