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Students whose reading levels are two years below those of their peers are often classified as dyslexic. Yet despite this disorder, dyslexics exhibit average to above average intelligence. Brilliant luminaries such as Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Thomas Edison, Agatha Christie and Woodrow Wilson are believed to have been dyslexic...
From 1961 to the present, Helen Frankenthaler has been exploring the print-making process and redefining what a print can be. The Museum of Fine Arts' exhibit "Helen Frankenthaler Prints" includes works that span the artist's career, ranging from small prints to large-scale works, from a single color to twenty-seven, from preparatory drawings to sculptures...
...This exhibit does more than chronicle the artist's career; it leaves the viewer with a clear idea of the artistic process Frankethaler undertakes with each print. The show demonstrates that process by placing working proofs of a print next to the finished product. Informative labelling explains the relationship between the stages, showing how the proof led Frankethaler to the final piece. The exhibit also illustrates the parallel between the artist's prints and her paintings, giving the viewer an idea of Frankenthaler's career as a whole and showing how her work in different media is inspired...
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...quality of the collection varies a great deal. Next to these delightful works hang the frumpy Still Life with Pineapple (1833) by Jensen, a hackneyed anecdotal painting by Marstand, and the slightly pat impressionism of the Anchers. These uninspiring works do not undermine the exhibition, because it aims precisely to illustrate the tenor of Danish art in the nineteenth century, even through its less inspirational phases. However, such an aim does not provide sufficient focus for an exhibit, even on a relatively modest scale. The collection appears electric, a higgledy-piggledy romp through an era of artistic flux and diversity...