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...pushes at the frontiers of scientific and intellectual inquiry, it is the mission of the List Visual Arts Center to explore the most contemporary art making in all media," or so say their brochures. Despite the silly analogy, the List Center is impressively cutting-edge, showing artists like Kiki Smith, Ann Hamilton and Matthew Barney. The new director, Jane Farver, was selected as one of the six curators for the next Whitney Biennial: the exhibition program here has credibility to spare...
Replacement hearts--or even replacement heart parts--are at least a decade off, estimates Kiki Hellman, who monitors tissue-engineering efforts for the FDA. "Any problem that requires lots of cell types 'talking' to one another is really hard," she notes. Bone and cartilage efforts are much closer to fruition, and could be ready for human trials within two years. And what of those magical stem cells that can grow into any organ you happen to need--if the law, and biologists' knowledge, permit? "Using them," says Sefton, "is really the Holy Grail...
...even public AIDS-related art is new. Especially in the last decade, artists have been using scientific images such as anatomical models (Cindy Sherman, Kiki Smith), and scientific specimens (Damien Hirst, Annette Messager). But Avery is unusual in bringing medicine itself--not simply a representation of medicine--into the museum. The literalness of translating medicine in to art (and vice-versa) in this exhibit distinguishes it from other such pieces...
...down-stairs at the Museum of Fine Arts contains only one celebrity portrait, which is thankfully not by Mr. Ritts. Despite a somewhat flimsy and overly ambitious curatorial premise, "Face and Figure" includes several strong works on the body by Ritts' more talented contemporaries, including Yasumasa Morimura, Cindy Sherman, Kiki Smith, Lorna Simpson, Catherine Opie and Gilbert and George. At their best, these artists more successfully use the face and body as a site of contention on which to explore questions of gender, race, sexuality and power...
This Produced Harvard's second goal, a penalty corner with 22:32 left by junior Daphne Clark, with Shumway and junior Courtenay Benedict assisting. Clark blasted a shot past Providence goalie Jamie Soteraides and back Kiki Fortier, who was unable to make the defensive save. It was Clark's fourth goal of the season, all corners...