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...wonderful thing about a drawing is that, it is not a painting. Subtle grays and browns and blacks can say as much as all the loud and crazy color combinations in the world. Obvious shades of garish greens or purples can make a painting more fantastic than real life, but sometimes it is better to be delicate and agile when examining reality or even fantasy. With drawings, it is possible to be simpler and more subdued but at the same time to make a powerful connection with each person who looks at the drawing--everyone will see something different...

Author: By Patty Li, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Mastery & Elegance | 1/8/1999 | See Source »

...beat up in the playground could make it big in the land of opportunity. But the world's richest man made the classic hubristic mistake: building what one newspaper called the "new Xanadu" and bragging about it. Gates' high-tech haven would top even Hearst's epically garish San Simeon as the most grandiose castle in America. But as Hearst once quipped of his estate--which housed, among other things, a large zoo--"Pleasure is what you can afford to pay for it." And Gates is richer than Hearst ever dreamed of being, as his "tastes" reveal: an indoor pool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Palace Envy | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...simian Congo Line--oh! ah! CityStepCityStepCityStep. A new era of stomping, clapping and booty shaking promotion has arrived and not a moment too soon. Everyone agrees that tonight's fete is doomed to dorkdom with only push-over freshmen and D-list upperclassmen planning on slapping on garish, recycled prom gear. Don't get seduced by the moonlight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: groovy train | 11/19/1998 | See Source »

...only 500 feet away from the mouth of the daunting Green Monster, the colossal Citgo sign brings us back to the dawning age of the motor vehicle and represents one of the oldest art deco inspired ad campaigns in the United States. Measuring 60 square feet in area, the garish pulsating advertisement sits in the Boston skyline where it is admired up to 20 miles away. "It's the God of B.U.!" exclaims an exuberant B.U. sophomore. "It's like what we are known for. I'm proud to call it mine...

Author: By Ariel B. Osceola, | Title: RAY OF LIGHT: | 11/19/1998 | See Source »

...Worth Its Wait," they proclaim to the Boston community, trying to comfort the drivers stuck in never-ending traffic, wondering which new road they'll have to take this time. But the construction that has already been going on for years still has a ways to go, and the garish billboards may not placate the angry driver who can't help but wonder: "What the hell is this `Big Dig' anyway...

Author: By Frances G. Tilney, | Title: Dig This. | 11/5/1998 | See Source »

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