Word: grey
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...performance is set on a dismal, grey landscape--a path on the mudflats of the Swartops river. Boesman and Lena have nothing but what they carry on their backs, and what they carry is "white man's rubbish"--pieces of metal to make a shack for the night, a rusty barrel, a few dirty blankets and two wooden crates...
...cross glittered and she took it in her handalmost as an afterthought. it had been lying onher dresser, next to the perfume she had receivedlast week for her sixteenth birthday. The crosshad been a gift from her grandmother. She had hergrandmother's eyes, grey and soft and expressive.They were sensual eyes, unwavering in thedirectness of their appeal...
Quite suddenly she threaded the cross onto achain and pulled it over her head. She felt calmeras she drifted towards sleep. As her grey eyesclosed she shot ahead in time and thought: shefirst saw her grandmother's drawn face in acoffin, not looking peaceful but rather devoid ofconcern. Then the thump of the earth against thecoffin as the grave was filled; finally the crossas it hung about her neck thumping against herchest with every step. The joy of a treasuredmemory filled her; she slept...
...examine some 30 paintings, sculptures and mixed-media works made by nine artists age 40 or younger, plus one artists' collective. The first major U.S. museum showing of new art from Japan in nearly two decades, the exhibition was organized by Thomas Sokolowski of New York University's Grey Art Gallery and Study Center and Kathy Halbreich, formerly of M.I.T.'s List Visual Arts Center, along with Fumio Nanjo of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in Nagoya, Japan, and Shinji Kohmoto of the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto. It will run in San Francisco through Aug. 6, then...
Barillari is a disappointment. Cool grey and green inside, with an espresso bar, it gives a good first impression. But its selection is meager and confusing...