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...Kandinsky's own paintings, but on their context as well. What did he see in Munich? What did he get from other artists' work? The exhibition, closely and intelligently curated by Art Historian Peg Weiss, is therefore largely about the Jugendstil, or youth-style-the art-nouveau porridge of medievalism, forest fantasies, greenery-yallery decor and arts-and-crafts utilitarianism that was cooking in the Munich studios when Kandinsky made his late start as a 30-year-old art student therein...
...Apple's other clown, Michael Christensen, who invited him to join the San Francisco Mime Troupe. Hungry to be in front of an audience at last, Binder accepted; eventually the two traveled to Europe, where they performed their juggling act on Paris street corners, then joined the Nouveau Cirque de Paris. "That was my introduction to the one-ring circus," says Binder, "and I was amazed by the beauty of it. I made up my mind then that I wanted to set one up in New York...
...folks in Dallas, Houston is a loud, boorish, blue-collar place, overwhelmed by nouveau riche high rollers and overrun with Cadillacs and pickup trucks. To folks in Houston, Dallas is a dull, snobbish, white-collar town, dominated by banking and defense interests, and overrun with Rolls-Royces and Mercedes...
...from the field of feminine fashion are witty and compact. On designer accessories: "Very ugly brown plastic handbags, which, because they were boldly stamped with the letters 'LV,' . . . cost far more than similar but less ugly brown leather handbags." On excess jewelry: a "lower-middle-class or nouveau riche indicator of sensual laxity." The "Annie Hall" look: "I'm only playing; I'm not really big enough to wear a man's pants." On executive skirts: "Ordinary gestures like sitting on a low sofa or stepping over a puddle become difficult." On high heels...
...author calls him, ostensibly dug his huge fortune from a silver mine at Tonopah, Nev. Gradually, though, it emerges that this sober, self-educated man had earlier been a desperado, a gunman allied with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Inexorably, his scapegrace past catches up with the nouveau aristocrat of Norfolk. Fortunately, he has thought to pack his two .44 Remingtons...