Word: objectivity
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...before superior Soviet power. Another possibility, of course, was that the Chinese were simply buying time to get through a highly dangerous phase in the conflict and stop the shooting. That would be in line with one of Chairman Mao Tse-tung's dictums: "In defense, the immediate object is to preserve yourself, but at the same time, defense is a means of supplementing attack." The approach suggested flexibility rather than moderation...
College towns were the center of most of the Moratorium activity. Though most college students did not object to the protest, in the deep South demonstrators clashed with anti-Moratorium students. Despite this, at Duke University and the University of North Carolina officials reported that only slightly more than half of the student body attended classes...
Ground Rules. To accomplish this difficult task, Oldenburg has developed some basic ground rules for his work. The subject first must be timely; he has no use for dead symbols. It must also be an object that touches the body, like furniture and food, or is constantly used, like housewares. "I never make representations of bodies but of things that relate to bodies so that the body sensation is passed along to the spectator either literally or by suggestion." Finally, his creations must have something to do with sex. "If you ignore that," he says, "you're missing...
...work now in the works is a lox-pink ice bag, 18 ft. in diameter, for the U.S. Pavilion at the World's Fair at Osaka next year. A motor inside will cause the ice bag to tilt, inflate, undulate and deflate on a continuous cycle. As an object, it is funny, anthropomorphic and intellectual all at once. It qualifies as kinetic or soft or Pop sculpture...
...ideal substitute for the hard plaster and enamel paint he had been using-and it was soft as skin. "It works by itself, takes different positions. I established guidelines, but the pieces must be arranged by others or it arranges itself." Oldenburg's Soft Drum Set takes an object specifically noted for its tautness and its sharp staccato clatter and expresses it as a chaos of relaxation. The Drum Set looks more like man's viscera than his toy (another example of a body image) and its muteness almost rings in the ear like a parade that...