Word: exhibit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Islamic art exhibit at the Sackler Museum opens the door to a fairy-tale world of noble kings, evil demons and enchanted forests. Paintings for Princes: The Art of the Book in Islam is an unusually vivid and fascinating exhibit...
...about two dozen miniature paintings that make up this exhibit had been commisionned for manuscripts or albums by Islamic nobility centuries ago. These nobles valued the works so much that they often kept the pieces with them when traveling, and it is easy for the modern museum visitor...
...first major exhibit of fish decoys opened last week at the Museum of American Folk Art in Manhattan. The decoys range from unadorned wooden designs to the elaborately painted "ghost fish" of Michigan carver Hans Janner Sr. "The most highly valued fish decoys are charming, but they are also fabulous at doing their jobs as tools," says Ben Apfelbaum, curator of the exhibition. Not all decoys are expensive. Contemporary Native American wooden fish can be bought...
...exhibit also features some imaginative and insightful texts. The poetry of Natasha Shapiro strikes a chord with many modern lovers, and the short story by Eleanor Stafford titled "She Framed Herself in Sofa" is a well-drawn impressionist piece on obsession with self-image...
...Triptych exhibit is a wide-ranging blend of media and work quality. But the show is worth seeing; the provocative pieces of student art are enjoyable, and the weaker pieces can be easily ignored...