Word: modern
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Olympic Shield. Despite such wealthy patronage, Vasarely has maintained in many a pamphlet and manifesto that art should be vastly more democratic. "In our modern society of consumption," he says, "everything is multiplied, from cars and refrigerators to country homes. One unique piece of art is an anachronism." An assembly line of ten assistants executes the paintings that he first drafts, then pastes up in prototype collages. Other aides turn out his serigraphs, tapestries, wood and Plexiglas constructions. Yet the multiples, priced at only $70 to $1,000, lack illusionistic finesse compared with the blazing oils and temperas that...
...Europe, he has spawned a host of op disciples. He has also played spiritual begetter to a younger generation of kinetic "visual researchers," led by his son Yvaral, who apply his democratic principles to mechanized art. Moreover, at Grenoble his work is at last being integrated into a "consecrated modern city" in the form of a giant aluminum shield for a skating rink at the Winter Olympics. What Vasarely would really like is to extend his designs to entire cityscapes. Toward that end he plans to open a study center in 1969 where urbanologists, architects and artists can meet. Their...
...Penney Co. has been pushing a "young modern" charge account for shoppers between 18 and 25-with a $100 ceiling on credit purchases. In Indianapolis, L. S. Ayres & Co. department store has introduced a credit plan for "responsible young adults" between 18 and 21. A few banks are thinking young too. Anxious to build up its junior clientele, Arizona's Valley National Bank has started offering its credit card to qualified teen-agers with ads that proclaim: "It's what is, baby...
...widely agreed that British Motors did not make the most of modern market research as it continued to turn out a wide variety of cars with various emblems and idiosyncrasies. A believer in loose "federal" management of different lines, Sir George missed the benefits of intensive production of big-volume sellers, and many of his models aged noticeably as competitors catered to changing public tastes...
...reason for this celluloid explosion is the widespread conviction among young people that film is the most vital modern art form. Jean Cocteau believed that movies could never become a true art until the materials to make them were as inexpensive as pencil and paper. The era he predicted is rapidly arriving. Students can now make a short film for as little as $25, and a workable 16-mm. camera can be had for as little as $40. McLuhan-age educators, moreover, welcome this form of creative endeavor. Some foresee the day when film training will be an accepted...