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...most visually exciting pieces in this exhibit grapple with these questions by reducing familiar household objects to the fundamental basics of color, shape and line. Most of Haney’s works are mixed medium—combining acrylic piant with collage items such as newspaper, wallpaper and fabric. Haney’s style is loose and employs warm vivid colors that are applied directly to the surface to create a rich and vibrant color and energy in her work...
Haney creates depth in her paintings through her extensive layering of household objects. Pieces of fabric, paper and other sketches are layered on top of each other to create the sense that there is always another image trying to emerge from beneath the paint. The overall effect of this layer creates a dream-like sense of space, unconstrained by classical perspective and offering a multiplicity of views. This theme is emphasized by Haney’s extensive use of actual household objects in her collage such as wallpaper and newspaper...
...pursuit of a simpler life with deeper meaning is a major shift in America's private agenda. ''This is a rapid and extremely powerful movement,'' says Ross Goldstein, a San Francisco psychologist and market researcher. ''I'm impressed by how deep it goes into the fabric of this country.'' Says noted theologian Martin Marty of the University of Chicago: ''We are all warned against thinking in terms of trends that correspond with decades, but this one is a cinch. I think that people are going to look back at today as a hinge period in the country's history.'' Some...
...Soft Technology Easy Squeezy Britain's ElectroTextiles, with international design group IDEO, has dreamed up two varieties of soft cell phone: a pocket mobile and a wrist device. It's ElekTex material combines conductive fabric with microchip technology. A PDA-friendly soft keyboard that can roll up in a pocket is expected next year. ElectroTextiles sees no end of applications for ElekTex, including clothes and toys. Next stop the beanie phone...
Step inside a top-of-the-line model. Aesthetes may smirk at the decor, which crams a lot of tinkling crystal and frilly fabric into a small space. But from front to back the components and appliances are first rate. A 42-in. flat-screen television--this system alone costs $22,600--hangs between the driver and the windshield and retracts into the ceiling automatically as soon as the engine starts...