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...piece originated by his grandfather, which entailed his reading a list of names and then wrapping his head in masking tape. Al's work--including the female torsos made of cigarette butts (like Suitcase Venus, above left), lighters or Hershey wrappers--is owned by such big shots as Jasper Johns and Claes Oldenburg. The late artist may develop a younger group of fans now that he's sharing wall space with his famous grandson. Sure, Beck's artworks (that's OK Jet, above right) don't hold up against Al's. But then Al's videos...
Most heinous, in the course of the parade one man jumped behind the truck, clung to the bumper and was slowly dragged down the street--a cruel reference to the dragging death of James Byrd earlier this year in Jasper, Texas, by three white...
...SELLER Jasper Johns BUYER Spike Lee DESCRIPTION Lvly Italianate 4-stry, 9,000-sq.-ft. home in prestig 10021 ZIP. Courtyd w fntn, 32-ft. frontage, once owned by Gypsy Rose Lee! PRICE With the place next door, which was bought by a nonceleb, a reported $7.2 million (Johns paid $4.77 million...
That said, the moral atmosphere of the country is a brave new world compared with the one I grew up in. The murder in Jasper, Texas, of a black man who was dragged to his death by three white subhumans: 40 years ago, that town of 8,000--30% black--would have rallied round the subhumans. Today the mayor declared that the established bond between black and white would hold. And the dead man's family told opportunist politicians that he was not a national symbol...
...asking everybody to please don't come to Jasper Saturday," said County Sheriff Billy Rowles. "Let us handle it." He has good reason to be worried. Wednesday's autopsy report on Byrd's killing will have done little to cool passions in the town: It confirmed that Byrd's head had been ripped from his body after he was dragged behind a vehicle, which had also broken his back, legs, arms and collarbone and ground his elbows, kneecaps, lower back and both heels to the bone...