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...experimental Chinese art throws a spotlight on compositions that are witty, even self-mocking, with an undercurrent of disquiet. The packed exhibition, titled "Reinterpretation: a Decade of Experimental Chinese Art (1990-2000)," runs through Jan. 19. It features 166 works by 135 Chinese artists in media that range from paint to sculpture to video recordings of models dressed up as bathroom tiles. Walking the exhibition's three floors is like visiting a classroom of precocious children: each energetic piece insists on your attention. If they aren't as liberated as their Western counterparts, Chinese experimental artists are clearly...
...weapons it has ever produced, stored or documented as well as something equally dangerous but more elusive: its intellectual and industrial capacity to make new illicit weapons after the inspectors go home. That means Iraq also has to report on thousands of so-called dual-use facilities such as paint factories, pesticide plants, hospitals and distilleries, which could conceivably be involved in making weapons, along with material-procurement networks and import lists. U.S. officials say a misleading or incomplete report will not trigger instant military action, since they want inspections to go on to document a convincing pattern of misbehavior...
...feel there are hundreds and hundreds of kids who cut through our Yard, and not all of them are bad kids,” Catalano said. “We don’t want to try to paint all of them in the same picture, we just want to try and identify the very small amount who are causing the problems...
...LIVING COLOR Psychologist Alexander Schauss, who pioneered the idea that different colors induce different moods, once advised mental institutions to paint their walls pink, claiming the hue had a calming effect. Schauss might go a little crazy himself trying to figure out what the d?cor of the Cao Dai Holy See cathedral is meant to inspire. Every inch of wall and ceiling is covered in lurid Technicolor, from fuchsia lotuses to virulent green dragons and a psychedelic divine eye floating in baby blue skies...
...typical cross section might include a layer of primer that Sargent often used on his canvases, the layers of paint he used to create and recreate the painting and several layers of grime. Once a chemical analysis determines what substances are obscuring the paint, a solvent and cleaning method are chosen for each specific portion of the murals...