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Both Prevail and Madchild are gifted with notable flow, and are at their best when they roll in minor keyed and haunting beats: “Dark Riders,” “High Road” and “Bad Dreams?? joining “Deep End” are the best examples of this. While they succeed in pulling off a more commercial vibe on “Fuel Injected,” which features the Nate Dogg-ish Moka Only lacing the track with his smooth bass/baritone, they remain best suited...
This is a moment of truth, first and foremost, for the United States of America, awakened suddenly from a comfortable slumber. Since the end of the Cold War or before, we have wrapped ourselves in dreams??of peace without struggle, of power without sacrifice, of victory without cost. We have heaped up wealth and lived in meretricious splendor, while our politicians squabble over imaginary “lockboxes” and our popular culture dredges the gutter for lowest-common-denominator fare. And we have fought our wars from a distance, dropping bombs from 30,000 feet...
Naming an exhibition “Memories and Dreams?? is bound to create a sense of ambiguity: Should one expect canvases painted in hazy dream-like blues? A display of Turner-like reproductions? The artwork of Shraga Weil, recently exhibited at the Pucker Gallery, deals with a seemingly incoherent choice of subject matter, but presents ambiguities that urge for interpretation...
...similar soothing sense of color continues throughout the exhibit, and the viewer may well blissfully ponder Weil’s celebration of cultural heritage before realizing the juxtaposition between subject matter and color. In the “Memories and Dreams?? catalogue, Weil constantly asserts his “atheistic philosophy,” where he distinctly separates culture from religion and states that he has no interest in religious ritual or faith...
...Memories and Dreams?? is not an exhibit merely of color, texture or beauty. Nor is it decorative art celebrating Israeli motifs or Biblical scenes. It is an exhibit fraught with profound personal meaning, which raises provoking questions about theology...