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...known as Fluxus is among the most elusive "movements" of late twentieth century art. Its name itself bespeaks a fundamental desire to create art perpetually in flux, to move art out of galleries and into unconventional spaces, to infiltrate commercial culture, to provide an alternative to restrictive formalism. An exhibition of Fluxworks, therefore, poses a perplexing curatorial problem. Nonetheless, under the direction of Benjamin Buchloc and Judith Rodenbeck, the List Visual Arts Center at MIT has recently attempted to put together a comprehensive show, called Experiments in the Everyday, of two artists active in Fluxus, Allan Kaprow and Robert Watts...
...comes as no surprise that Buchloch, co-curator of _Experiments in the Everyday_, is particularly interested in Watts's work. Though Watts never achieved the same kind of notoriety as Kaprow did, the exhibit grants disproportionate weight to his work, leaving the Kaprow offerings spare but satisfying...
...clear tour de force of the exhibit is the surprisingly complete array of work by Watts, including early drawings and paintings, mail-order newsletters and found objects. Just as Kaprow's early paintings revealed abstract expressionist beginnings, so too do Watts's "Blink" and "Monhegan" drawings...
Better that result, de Becker contends, than the more haphazard approach of a school district like Granite City, Ill., which has hand-crafted its own profiling policy. Students who exhibit certain risky behaviors--cursing, mood swings, writing about "the dark side of life"--can face expulsion or worse. In December, teachers in Granite City found a note by a student promising to "settle some scores." He was read his Miranda warning, arrested by the city police and suspended for 10 days. In the meantime, teachers investigating the matter found that the note was only the concoction, as superintendent Steve Balen...
...come away with a clear sense of how Mary has been portrayed over time. A recognition of the subtle connections between the artwork and the text as well as an appreciation of the art on its own terms is well worth the effort. Don't expect to digest this exhibit in one visit...