Word: da
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Which gave the plot of Aïda, Verdi...
...fullface portrait of John F. Kennedy Jr. since his christening, revealed that, although the picture shows him chomping on a toy rooster, a hand-me-down steam engine from Sister Caroline is actually his favorite possession. Other vital statistics cleared for release: weight-23 lbs.; height-30 in.; vocabulary-"Da-da, Mama and other noises...
...mostly domestic. Only one before 1939-that ol a nun torn asunder by a bomb during the Spanish Civil War-echoes the horror of Guernica. Picasso painted still lifes, a bird or two, portraits of Dora and Picasso's daughter Maia. But one da>' he finished an anguished woman who looked as if she were racked by some grisly disease. As World War II descended on Europe. Picasso's women became savage, lunatic figures done in colors that scream with rage. The agony vanished as suddenly as it came: once again, Picasso's Picassos came home...
...curse is almost taken off these caricatures by Director Howard Da Silva, who treats the entire play as an animated cartoon strip. Actor-Playwright Davis stirs up intermittent fun with a flamboyantly well-paced performance and some sharp wisecracks, e.g., "You are a disgrace to the Negro profession." The plot hinges (and the hinge often creaks) on an attempt to trick Cap'n Cotchipee out of $500 so that Purlie can buy back Big Bethel Church and "preach freedom in the cotton patch...
...says, "the art of painting is an adventure. When I paint a landscape or a seascape. I'm not very sure it's a landscape or a seascape. It's a thought form rather than a realistic form." This vagueness makes a Vieira da Silva painting something of an adventure for the viewer as well. He may see a distant city, a clump of ruins. a suggestion of a bridge, a wispy shoreline, or just a shredded bit of grill. But whatever he sees may not be there for long. When at her best, Vieira da Silva...