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...NEED NOT turn beyond the first photograph in this book to understand that cameraman James Klosty could not possibly express more about choreographer Merce Cunningham than that he's an enigma. That first photograph silhouettes Cunningham--turned from the waist, arms stretched overhead, legs rooted apart--like a Klee stick figure, or a Giacometti spider-thin nude, or maybe a twentieth-century version of the Renaissance icon: man as the measure of all things...
...Pezzettino (Pantheon; $4.95), Leo Lionni manages a feat of Klee: his collages and swirls of paint evoke the sensations of childhood. Pezzettino is a minuscule symbol, and all his friends are large, adventurous ones-until the boy sails off to the isle of Wham. The result is a pleasing metaphor for growing pains, and a consolation for that temporary period when the very young are dwarfed by parents, siblings, and sometimes life itself...
...order to flesh out the graphics exhibit, the Busch has pulled a few favorite Bauhaus works from its own collection. Klee and Feininger paintings, 1920-23, and Bauhaus crafts. The crafts, like the graphics, are a wide-spread sampling alongside yet another influence of the Bauhaus, art nouveau crafts. The resulting conglomeration is fascinating but confusing...
...turbulent years. Bauhaus ideals were evolving--ideals of exhaustive perceptual study coupled with artistic creativity, art combined with craft, superior industrial design integrated into everyday life, and universal communication through common functional terms. Despite dogmas and manifestoes, the freedom and complexity of Bauhaus work can be seen in Paul Klee's Bauhaus work, which combines spontaneity and discipline. klee's spidery sketches are whimsical, ironic and sometimes ridiculous. They are supported by intricate color grids. Following Groplus' belief of applying fine art to crafts, klee's official role was as a teacher of bookbinding. Two Johannes Itten works exhibited also...
...prints. The Raltimore Museum put together an exhibit of her graphic work several years ago that I kick myself for missing, but through December 31, the Alpha Gallery at 121 Newbury St. is presting a selection of her prints, along with those by Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec and Klee. If anyone can't figure out what to give me for Christmas...