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...merely another charlatan who found a gimmick and capitalized on it, suckering in those wannabes who are more interested in bragging rights than promoting a fresh, honest talent in the art world or insightful, subversive ideas in the public arena. Dead animals preserved in formaldehyde and a diamond encrusted skull - is this even legal? Spin paintings done by studio assistants - give me a break; kids have amused themselves for decades creating identical masterpieces at fairs and school fundraisers. My fantasy: that no one bids. Susan H. Warren, Swarthmore...
...world. He is merely another in a sad and long string of con men who found a gimmick and capitalized on it, suckering those wannabes who are more interested in bragging rights than promoting a fresh, honest talent in the art world. Dead animals preserved in formaldehyde and a diamond-encrusted skull - is this even legal? Spin paintings done by studio assistants - give me a break; kids have amused themselves for decades creating identical masterpieces at fairs and school fund raisers. Susan H. Warren SWARTHMORE, PENN...
...harassed him; married a fellow AIDS educator on camera; and sparked an enduring national conversation. In a new series, Discovery's Ice Road Truckers, viewers are introduced to men who risk their lives in Northwest Canada, braving dangerous roads, frozen lakes and white-out conditions to bring supplies to diamond mines. "Some reality shows are horrifying and trashy, and others are completely compelling and socially redeeming," says Dehnart. "It's a varied genre." Just like the real world...
...peculiar undergraduate with an even more peculiar plan when Matt di Pasquale ’09, a would-be collegiate Hugh Hefner, sent out a mass e-mail calling on “all hot Harvard girls” to bear their souls and bodies for his new magazine, Diamond. Well, now we know him better. Seven months later, the first issue of Diamond has hit the shelves and the results are astounding. Diamond is something like a journalistic version of the one-man-band: In this drama, di Pasquale is judge, jury, executioner, and the man on trial...
According to the Web site for Diamond magazine, “It’s your time to shine.” But as one “Sexonymous” person wrote on the site, “it’s your time to ‘flash’ would be more fitting.” —Staff writer Esther I. Yi can be reached at estheryi@fas.harvard.edu...