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After intermission came Modest Mussorgky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, that perennial favorite among pianists and orchestras (in Ravel’s orchestration). What can be offered to this piece that hasn’t already been done? Not much, but Kissin played the work like he owned...
Through content or means of creation, each work in this show integrates this central notion of the fine line between the two traditions of art. The exhibition succeeds in its didactic intentions: It is relevant and easily understandable, but not so obvious as to be shallow. Perhaps its greatest strength...
The chronological layout of the MIT exhibition highlights the major themes in Ono’s work as they developed from her 1961 debut, beginning with her infamous instructions. These radical scripts suggested that art no longer consisted of impersonal objects meant to be studied and admired; instead, the audience...
The theme of instruction persists throughout Ono’s career, but rather than come off as didactic, these works serve to demystify art by initiating viewers into their particular mode of experience. More tangible examples of such interactivity include the “Painting to Let the Evening Light...
No group has felt the sting like Evening With Champions. Another kink in their fund raising process was the apparent lack of interest from the press. Evening With Champions lost PBS funding in March 2001, and with news of airport security, strikes on Afghanistan and anthrax dominating the papers, a...