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...liked the Whitney Biennial, you may like "Aperto 93." Some of its 13 curators, like the American Jeffrey Deitch, are in fact dealers -- a further development of Postmodernist art ethics. Its title, "Emergency," signals that, like the Whitney fiasco, it will "address the issues" of sexism, racism, environmental decay, the drainage of psychosocial space from modern life, the hegemony of mass media and so forth...
...still worry about job loss, educational decay, the poor, crumbling public schools. We still worry about racial division, urban blight and anti-gay attitudes. And now we worry about paying the bills, too. We worry about the long-term economics ability of the nation and its ability to finance the programs we want. We worry about crime and drugs. In the end, it is Bill Clinton who seems to understand these worries best. At base, we know we share Clinton's principles...
Nothing changes in North Bath. This is true not just of the town's continuing decay but also of the author's approach to character, which is that of commedia dell'arte. He assigns an easily recognizable peculiarity to each actor in his masque, who then exhibits his oddity whenever he is in view...
...definitely disatisfied," Bragg said. "The causes of the L.A. riots still exist. Inner city decay, the pervasiveness of police brutality and the inadequacies of our judicial system--none of these problems have been cured...
...Straight. At its heart, The Same River Twice is touchingly human. Offutt's honest, self- effacing style seduces the reader with its openness. Twenty-five centuries ago, Heraclitus asserted that you cannot step into the same river twice. Offutt, too immerses himself in the old conundrum of change and decay. His story springs from time-honored tradition and flows it course with a river's enchanting elegance...