Word: marys
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...prioridades se refleja en la lista de Time de los 25 hispanos m?s influyentes en Estados Unidos, que incluye a celebridades como Jennifer L?pez y el alcalde de Los ?ngeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, y a otros menos conocidos como el activista sindical Pablo Alvarado y la conservadora de arte Mari Carmen Ram?rez. ?sta ?ltima dice que su trabajo es ser la predicadora de la cultura latina. Con estos poderosos hispanos a su lado, no es de extra?ar que su mensaje se est? difundiendo r?pidamente...
Cinco minutos de conversaci?n con Mari Carmen Ram?rez y te das cuenta de que es una evangelista. No del tipo que predica sobre Dios. A quien quiere que conozcas es a Gego, el escultor venezolano nacido en Alemania ?que solo ahora empezamos a redescubrir?, o a Joaqu?n Torres Garc?a, el artista uruguayo que usa toques precolombinos en su estilo moderno. Como te dir? Ram?rez felizmente, su misi?n es ?presentarle al mundo la riqueza y el significado del arte latino y latinoamericano del siglo...
...particular preference. Such a wide array of opinions and agendas is reflected in Time's list of the nation's 25 most influential Hispanics, who range from celebrities like J. Lo and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to the lesser-known labor activist Pablo Alvarado and art curator Mari Carmen Ram"rez. She says her job is to be an evangelist for Latino culture. With these 24 powerful Hispanics at her side, no wonder word is spreading fast...
Modernist furniture is another matter entirely: the stripped-down, functional aesthetic is alive and well. Particularly when it comes to chairs, the charms of rococo revivalism and campy cha-cha shapes tend to pall quickly. Enzo Mari's lithe Tonietta chair is subtle as can be. What could have been another exercise in thoughtless angularity is redeemed by the slight, supple art nouveau curvature of the aluminum legs and the natural give of the leather seat and back...
...minor achievement of modern civilization, maybe, but it could explain why producing a chair has been an obligatory rite for ambitious designers of this century. Charles Eames is still famous mainly for his chairs, and the best-known works of today's European café-society designers--Philippe Starck, Enzo Mari--are chairs. Aalto, Breuer and Mies made their marks in the '20s partly by making chairs, and such contemporary architects as Gehry, Meier, Graves, Hollein, Venturi and Ambasz have all felt obliged to design chairs as well as buildings...