Word: contrivedness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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"I don't think rock'n roll is more outrageous than what Jimi Hendrix did or Jim Morrison or, um, Jagger, or even Chuck Berry, cause in comparison to the society they were disrupting, they're all pretty outrageous. It's just that as living becomes more difficult...you know...
On why the guerrillas boycotted the vote: Smith's invitation to take part was, of course, a propaganda ploy. To participate would be to accept the internal settlement. This is an enemy regime we are determined to overthrow. We cannot achieve that by working within schemes contrived by the regime...
Detachment, irony, variety: these are the hallmarks of Kitaj's art, as of the culture it pays homage to. It is anchored in life drawing (the figure, to Kitaj, is the supreme challenge), but this frees him to play with certain areas of art from the past century that...
It is startling to see how fast and with what authority the Guitar's lessons were absorbed by other artists in Paris, such as Henri Laurens and Archipenko. Laurens's Dish with Grapes (1916-18), with its majestic rotation of painted wood planes around the calm central core...
Such a concept, alas, is not easy to come by. Political commentators have been more preoccupied with contrived presidential images than with actual looks. Some lofty thinkers even feel that the look of a President is of little significance. In reality, a leader's countenance and mien have always...