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...like the people who "live" here, the decor captures the eclectic avant-garde. From the spotlighted Michael Jacksonesque staircase leading to the dance floor to the oversized Roman balustrades, this place is a spectacie. The people and the decor are both intended to be new and shocking...

Author: By Preston W. Brooks and Michael C.D. Okwu, S | Title: Art and Dance in New York | 11/14/1985 | See Source »

...like manner, while the decor reveals the talents of underground artists, it relegates them to secondary importance. Of course, this is only for the time being: "The underground is the birthplace of the overground," Rudolf asserts. "What I'm doing now will be mainstream tomorrow...

Author: By Preston W. Brooks and Michael C.D. Okwu, S | Title: Art and Dance in New York | 11/14/1985 | See Source »

...Cajun's decor is authentic neohodgepodge, from the flag-colored storefront to the playroom panelling, rapidly rotating ceiling fans, and heavy wood tables. Since the small dining room is invariably crowded, reservations are a must and should be made several days in advance...

Author: By M. Creosote, | Title: Inman Square Turns to Cajun Cooking | 9/27/1985 | See Source »

Some Argentines even reacted to the financial crisis with humor. The owners of one Buenos Aires restaurant, La Nonna Inmaculata, papered its walls with old pesos. Manager Jose de la Iglesia thinks the new decor will attract a nostalgic crowd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Argentina Again Tries Reforms | 7/1/1985 | See Source »

...gravely sticking up; the djellaba, with its rippling stripes of coral, Naples yellow, cerulean; and the lute, like a pale lunar egg, hanging on the brown sand as the moon hangs in the blue night. Reproduced a millionfold, this oneiric image became the Guernica of the tots, the standard decor of upper-middle-class childhood. Such fame, decanted on a single picture, can distort an artist's entire reputation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Master of the Green Machine Moma's | 3/25/1985 | See Source »

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