Word: motif
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most prominent motif currently is the heart, an image loaded with visual and literary connotations. In its repetition of the image and its lyric use of warm, watery colors, Rome Hearts can be read as a kind of tone poem. Not surprisingly, perhaps, Dine has also published a volume of his poetry. Like his paintings, his poems are personal, full of discovery, the outpourings of an artist who seems to need to share his joy with the world. "I want to express myself with anything I can get my hands on," he says. "Whether it is words or shoes...
Conspicuous Poverty. The motif of purification and self-sacrifice runs through Chavez's life beyond any possible requirements of political strategy. He turns down all personal awards. He keeps himself in conspicuous poverty. He has given up smoking and drinking. Even when he designs buildings for his organization, they take on the look of the old Franciscan missions he loves...
...Cover: Appliquéd banner by Norman Laliberté. The artist depicts no particular tribesman nor any specific art motif. "The Indian is much more universal," says Laliberté. "I tried to use the colors they use and to relate the Indian to the bird, representing freedom and peace." By positioning the bird atop the figure, Laliberté intends it as a kind of crown "to show the kingship and the power before the white man came...