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...David Holleman's exhibit proves that modern mosaics can be serious works of art as well as coffee tables...
...Holleman's landscapes, the rough texture of the tiles helps to suggest mountains and rocks. Easily the best landscape "Forum" suggests shadowy, muted ruins by tiles of subtly varying shades; the sky shines with uniformly bright blue squares. (Instead of buying finished tiles, Holleman colors his own to insure the desired shade...
...other works, he combines mosaic tiles with additional media. For example, "Birth of the Water Lily" includes several blue and white enameled squares picturing an Indian myth (religious symbolism appears in many of his works). In some compositions--"Alice in Wonderland," "April"--Holleman sets a grotesque enamel figure against a neutrally colored, peaceful mosaic background...
...A.F.L.-C.I.O., who got to know Estes well in the liberal faction of the Texas Democratic Party. Holleman's name first broke into the Estes scandal when it got out that Holleman had asked Estes and other Texans to ante up for a big dinner party given by Labor Secretary Arthur Goldberg last January for Lyndon Johnson. Holleman admitted it, but said that he had not consulted Goldberg in advance. Goldberg offered to produce canceled checks to prove that he had paid the bills himself, and the tremor passed away...
...hardly was it gone when another hunk of Estes debris fell on Holleman: evidence that he had accepted a check for $1,000 from Billie Sol. Holleman admitted that he took the money-and his explanation was a telling commentary on life in official Washington. Holleman said that he needed the $1,000 to help meet his "living expenses." His $20,000-a-year salary, he said, was inadequate to meet the social demands that his position placed upon him. Holleman said the $1,000 gift was "personal," and had "no connection with any of Mr. Estes' interests...