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...devoted to Jeff Wall, a Canadian artist who started making staged pictures around the same time as Sherman. (The Wall show continues at MOMA through May 14, then travels to Chicago and San Francisco.) In 1977, when he was 31 and teaching art history and studio practice in his hometown of Vancouver, Wall took his family on a trip to Europe, where he spent a lot of time looking at the old masters in the Prado. His hours with Velázquez, Zurbarán and Goya got him thinking. Was it still possible, in the 20th century, to make representational...
...just another Wu Tang wannabe. For starters, Gsann and his crew—his brother Nelson (aka Nelly) and fellow rapper Abdalla (aka Ziggy)—hail from Tanzania, an ocean away from the flashy champagne parties and East-West beefs that characterize American hip hop.Their hometown is Arusha, a small city in northern Tazania. It lies in the center of the land occupied by the Masaai people—traditionally, nomadic cattle herders.The three rappers, along with Gsann and Nelly’s younger siblings and traditional Masaai singer Yamat (aka Merenge), use their Swahili...
House: Cabot House Concentration: Biochemical Sciences Hometown: Palo Alto, CA Ideal Date: They undercharge us for our dinner at T.G.I. Friday’s. Best way for a girl to get your attention: A sassy ’tude and a cool band shirt. Where to find you on a Saturday night: At 11:15, I will make my way to the most mediocre party on campus. At 12:45, I will call it a night, and proceed directly to the vending machine in the Cabot basement. There, I purchase a bag of Cheez-Its for $0.85. I finish...
...Back in Linyi, Chen's activities were less well received. Hours after meeting Hannah in the Chinese capital in the fall of 2005, Chen was detained by security officials from his hometown, who had driven all the way to Beijing to nab him. For the next six months, he was kept under virtual house arrest. Then, after trying to leave his village without official permission last March, Chen was arrested again. In June, the charges against him were announced and his conviction followed. (Chen's wife Yuan Weijing, Li says, faced similar charges and is now under house arrest...
...Hometown: Burr Ridge...