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...Guggenheim, Spain's Julio González gets...
...iron began many centuries ago," declared Catalan Sculptor Julio González in the 1930s. "It is high time that this metal cease to be a murderer and the simple instrument of an overly mechanical science. Today the door is opened wide for this material to be-at last!- forged and hammered by the peaceful hands of artists." Prophetic words, and it was largely González's own work that made them true. The great shift in sculptural history during this century, away from "closed" (solid) to "open" (constructed) form, became possible through the use of iron. Gonz...
Curiously enough, there has not been a proper retrospective exhibition of his work in either Europe or America since 1956. If not a forgotten man of sculpture, González (1876-1942) is certainly a much misunderstood one. But last month a show of almost 300 of his sculptures, paintings, drawings and related objects went on view at New York City's Guggenheim Museum. Organized with bracing intelligence by Art Historian Margit Rowell, who must by now be regarded as the world authority on the relation between cubism and constructivism in modern sculpture, it shows us Gonz...
...from the jungle-this is the Dominican Republic now-comes the ball on the fly to home plate. Into the woods runs our scout, and there was this kid, José González-" Lasorda presents a strapping 6-ft. 2-in. outfielder whose uniform number, 77, signals that he is a farm hand. "Just 18 years old!" Lasorda exclaims. "See, we grow our own." It is a fact that the Dodgers have provided the National League's past four Rookies of the Year, and the candidate of the moment is Brock, who on the strength of 17 major...
European Socialists seemed just as eager to ignore their ideological debt to the political theorist. During a press conference that happened to fall on the anniversary, Spanish Prime Minister Felipe González conveniently avoided the topic, concentrating instead on the achievements of his first 100 days in office. French President François Mitterrand had nothing to say on the occasion, although his Communist partners took the typically Gallic step of convening an international symposium at the University of Paris to discuss Marx's writings...