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...work for the fashion pavilion at the 1937 Paris World's Fair continues his studies of the form and figure. The Surrealist ambitions of Couturier's De Chirico-like mannequins, with their featureless faces and heavily textured plaster surface, apparently appealed to Wols. Cloth is more carved than draped as the mannequins cavort and tremble at their shadows, which chase them among the neoclassical columns that decorated their stages and pedestals...
James Casebere's surreal photographs of plaster models and catacomb-like spaces display the camera obscura method in a markedly different manner. For Casebere, his studio becomes a metaphorical representation of the pinhole camera; his eerie black and white prints, though smaller and less enchanting than Morell's work, beguile the viewer. In "Toilets," a dye destruction print, 11 toilet bowls march across the back wall of something resembling a prison cell: the third bowl in the sequence lies dejectedly on its side, a single white beam illuminating its slightly skewed seat. The accompanying placard describes the photographer's intentions...
...Urban Nutcracker is a perfectly serious work of choreographic art--Chase sees to that--but like much of what happens at the Cleveland School of the Arts, it is also an exercise in human reclamation, carried out on the tightest of budgets. Though the plaster is crumbling and the radiators are as old as fossils, these classrooms crackle with an exuberance no amount of poverty can discourage. Two-thirds of the students here come from families on public assistance, yet three-quarters of the students go on to some form of higher education. "Some will become dancers," Chase says. "Others...
...Orleans. Everyday, many of them face some or all of these afflictions: rat bites; roofs with holes in them; buildings whose antiquated wiring will not permit more than a few computers to work at one time; walls so damaged by water leaks that paint will not adhere to the plaster; floors so rotted that children put their feet through them; long lines to use outmoded bathrooms; sewage backups in classrooms; asthma and respiratory illnesses as a result of mildew and fungus in ancient air ducts; falling ceiling tiles; condemned rooms; collapsing partitions; unusable playgrounds; broken stairs; carpets that smell from...
There are many tips for sustaining a long-distance relationship while cloistered in the hallowed halls of Harvard. First, it is always necessary to plaster every inch of wall space with artfully designed collages of the boyf; make sure that there are a few love letters and Valentine's Day cards interspersed with the multitude of prom photos and that gorgeous dried corsage from Homecoming. Of course, try to color-coordinate everything on your wall (remember the failure of a prom date who forgot to match his tux with your full length fuchsia gown?). Also, in this era of technology...