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...This is the lesson of "Camille Claudel and Rodin: Fateful Encounter," the fascinating and even moving new exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts through February 5. The show is simultaneously a choice selection of Rodin's work, a thorough survey of Claudel's and an intricately woven account of their artistic and romantic interaction. It brings together 155 examples of their art, plus photographs, letters and journal entries, to trace the arc of a heated, exhausting attachment that came to an unhappy end, but not before it left its mark on some of their most enduring work...
...Maturity, Claudel struggled ever harder to find a style distinct from Rodin's. Working under the spell of Art Nouveau and Japanese prints, she produced some fascinating small exercises like The Wave, in which a near abstract surf of marble/onyx rises above three capering nudes. But the Detroit show is frank in acknowledging the timidity, repetition and sheer mediocrity of some of her late work. Yet even when she was turning out retrograde sculptural commissions for the Countess de Maigret, who served for a time as her patron, she could not help sometimes but to produce them with authority. Perseus...
John Birtwell ’01 has seen his path to the big leagues hit a snag after being named Minor League Pitcher of the Year in 2002 by the Detroit Tigers organization. This year he yielded a 4.46 ERA in 40.1 innings of relief at Class AA Erie...
...carriers struggle, Leonard is moving on their airspace. AirTran, which flies to 51 cities, will add flights to Detroit, Northwest's most important hub, starting in November. AirTran announced that it would start service there on the day it became clear a strike was likely at Northwest...
...courageous of Time to point out our laziness and make the connection between obesity and our passion for convenience. Being healthy takes more than putting down the feed bag. It means getting off the couch and engaging in forward motion. Gee, what a novel concept! James C. Nill Detroit Tackling Terrorism Re Time's reporting on the manhunt for and arrest of London's suspected suicide bombers [Aug. 8]: I am a British Asian who has lived in the U.K. for most of my life. I am as proud of this country and its value system as any native-born...