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...stylized bronze Sleeping Muse (1910), pictured, the exhibit, which runs through Sept. 4, invites visitors to consider the head as the birthplace of thought, emotion and identity. Dominating the exhibit foyer is a giant sculpture, Cosmos (2001), by contemporary French artist Boris Achour. Made of dyed resin, the cartoonish noggin with protruding nose rotates in space while humming a Brazilian lambada; the sound evokes an artist contentedly at work and fills the lively, labyrinthine exhibit with creative energy. Other artists prefer to turn their heads, well, on their heads. S?bastien Leclerc's 17th century engravings representing a range of emotions...
...Dominating the exhibit foyer is a giant sculpture, Cosmos (2001), by contemporary French artist Boris Achour. Made of dyed resin, the cartoonish noggin with protruding nose rotates in space while humming a Brazilian lambada; the sound evokes an artist contentedly at work and fills the lively, labyrinthine exhibit with creative energy. Other artists prefer to turn their heads, well, on their heads. Sébastien Leclerc's 17th century engravings representing a range of emotions face off with an interactive portion of the exhibit in which children can assemble magnetic eyes, ears, noses and mouths on a wall to create...
...kiddie festival is being promoted by partners like XM radio, which has a preschool music station, and Noggin, the commercial-free preschool spin-off of Nickelodeon that launched a music-video show last fall featuring Berkner, Milkshake and other Jamarama artists. (The bands say album sales have skyrocketed with the exposure.) "There's a national marketing and business engine behind adult music, but preschool music is more fractured," says Noggin's Angela Leaney. "The Sippy Cups are big in San Francisco. In Chicago it's Ralph's World. Someone needed to pull together a national business plan, take a deep...
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...Oswald (Noggin, Daily, 5 P.M. E.T.) SpongeBob and Dora may be more popular, but this unassuming octopus and his pals offer a treat for preschoolers (and their parents) ready to turn the volume down a notch. The show stands out from its brasher peers with its dreamlike look and sound: pastel art, a lilting sound track and a cast that includes a daisy, a snowman and Weenie, a dog shaped like a frank-furter (complete with...