Word: dullness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Royal's photographs are valuble because they remind us that the camera does not directly record "reality." The camera's technological capabilities can be used equally to distort and manipulate the "reality" the lens captures. This dynamic is interesting, but in general the exhibit is dull. Royal needs to add more depth to her photographic work by varying her subjects and technique...
...feasible within the current system to hold Deli Day every day: It is too expensive and might lose its appeal once the novelty wears off. (Salad bars were once an exciting new idea, too.) But by introducing a special treat now and then, Berry has spiced up the dull menu and reassured the student body that he is making a good faith effort to improve dining services overall...
...deLone and Henikoff--the nation's 12th-ranked doubles team according to the latest ITCA/Volvo polls--the match was downright dull...
...series pieces (a number of diptychs and one triptych) are characterized by an even field of brush strokes, heavy layering of paint and the lack of focal point. In a lesser artist these techniques would seem hackneyed and dull. But Bush's individual brush stroke and dynamic use of color eliminate the potential problem. For example, Untitled I shows a spectrum of vibrant colors painted in brisk, assertive strokes which cover two canvases. The resulting piece has neither a central form nor dominant color. Instead the interplay of colors and the rich texture spread equally over the work, leading...
...weakest paintings -- large, flat and gross. The Rubens Adoration of the Shepherds may not be by Rubens at all; the Titian, not by Titian. The Leonardo pages, installed in a sort of dim mortuary chapel of their own, look ridiculously anticlimactic. The Impressionist work is as dull as could be. And, except for the Van Gogh and one early Gauguin, so is the more modern material. Only the Daumier holdings have any depth. One is left with the impression that Hammer had no eye at all, no feeling for art; that he bought like a bad shot firing into...