Word: hypermodern
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...Paris that looks more like a palace. He also has a hideaway in Rome-handy for all those trips to see the Fendi sisters-and a house in Brittany, christened Grands Champs (Large Fields). Oh, yes, and there is the apartment in Monaco. The Monaco digs are hypermodern, done predominantly in the bright style of the innovative designers known as the Memphis group. The setting, like Lagerfeld's fashion, is both nervy and funny: a silk-cushioned "conversation pit" shaped like a boxing ring, an etagere that looks like a Lego construct built by an LSD casualty. The Paris...
...startling to see shocking-pink monuments, paintings of mountainous breasts and blinking assemblages inside and outside the ornate, Graustarkian palaces. Once again it was time for the staid city of Kassel-in West Germany to come to hypermodern life. It happens every four years. The occasion is Documenta, an international exhibit that on three previous occasions established a reputation as the most comprehensive survey of new art anywhere...