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...artist's creative stabbings even though they escaped photographic investigation. The Attese (Waiting) series of slashed canvases still convey the full force of Fontana's unusual technique. Born in Argentina to an Italian sculptor father in 1899, Fontana was a decidedly intellectual artist, who published several manifestos to explain the ideas behind his work. He was most concerned with space - and how to overcome its preconceived limits. Before ever piercing a canvas, he produced ceramic sculptures so jagged and indented that it's difficult to know where the base of a piece finishes and its twisted, figurative elements begin...
...spent much time in Oslo, you're probably thinking that the right answer to the quiz was d). But let me explain. Oslo, like the non-raisiny bits of the bun, is usually considered nice - nice but dull, all muted colors, leafy parks and elegant 19th century mansions. But look past the main tourist draws: the Viking Ship Museum; the 14th century Akershus Fortress, which has guarded Oslofjord through nine sieges; the sculpture garden with Gustav Vigeland's 14-m-tall Monolith, a phallic column of 121 writhing human figures. The city has plenty of other artistic, architectural and even...
...Lumbard told The Court. Recently, he said, Say had even started using rouge. There had been a marked change since the beginning of the year, according to Lumbard—Say was “secretive and not inclined to be frank.” Say, he said, would explain the change by saying he had trouble with his spine and was being cared for closely by his mother...
...think a man should know about everything,” he told The Court to explain his interest in homosexuality. “I want to know all I can.”Although The Court had heard testimony from others that Gilkey often “boasted of being able to tell ‘queer’ people,” he denied the charge. He “says he can’t pick out queer person unless he can back it up by hearsay,” Court notes...
While this marks an 8 percent improvement over the first audit in 1998, it is a decline of 14 percent from last year. Officials say rainy weather conditions and a different geographic sample from last year may explain the increase...