Word: exhibit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...classifying Feininger because though he moved to Germany when he was 16, he was born and raised in New York. Since he came to prominence as a German, he never really lost that identity. But when Museum of Modern Art curator Alfred Barr included Feininger in a 1929-30 exhibit on American artists, he ran into "outspoken hostility...
Those familiar with Feininger evidently were not so familiar with him to know he really was American. They protested his place next to Hopper, O'Keeffe, John Marin and others. Adding Feininger to an exhibit of German artists a short time later only threatened to make matters worse. Norris has tried to clarify, if not resolve, the misunderstanding by simply calling Feininger an American abroad and framing Feininger's productive years as a German phase...
...composition and perspective in a way that makes even his doodles (some on display) worth another look. That holds for at least two of his colored chalk sketches. Certainly "Four Nuns at the Beach" took no more than two minutes to finish and Feininger never would have thought to exhibit such things himself, but framed and mounted these sketches arrest attention in gross disproportion to the scant markings that define them...
...anyone who has never visited the Busch-Reisinger galleries--and needs extra incentives--the modern gallery space is a pleasant discovery. On permanent display and complementing the Feininger exhibit are selections from Harvard's substantial German Expressionism collection and capping off the theme, Bauhaus model suspension chairs furnish the gallery's reading alcove. But beware the guards dressed like college students; they're barrel-chested and agile like a Mike Tiorano, only with less tolerance for pens and packs...
...separate scenes, each featuring a different pair of characters. This device focuses the attention of the audience on the characters on stage, allowing every detail of Shanley's carefully constructed comic situations to come across. The cast luxuriates in the limelight, and makes full use of it to exhibit their comic ability. Punchlines are delivered with precision, and no gesture is lost on the audience...