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Most art brut bears a primordial stamp, but Samant's is sophisticated; his indecipherable scribbles speak to man deeper than the syntax of known language. To Samant, they tell of his own introspection: "It is as if I have walls around me." Yet he speaks to the world through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Chant of Centuries | 3/6/1964 | See Source »

FRITZ BULTMAN-Tibor de Nagy, 149 East 72nd. Twenty-two tentacled and leafy bronzes that sway on their bases like sturdy primordial plantlife, and 18 collages and drawings that help explain them.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art In New York: Art: Dec. 6, 1963 | 12/6/1963 | See Source »

King Zor, Glass's most expensive toy this year, is a terrifying-looking, three-foot plastic dinosaur. Six plastic "prehistoric rocks" are loaded into Zor's back. The child then fires a dart gun at a red target on the beast's tail; a bull's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Toys: Plastic Sugarplums | 12/7/1962 | See Source »

The eagerly awaited broadcast of the Secret Army Organization came on after its usual theme, a few opening bars of a twist tune. The announcer warned that "the coming week will be primordial, decisive, for us Algerians." He hinted broadly that secret talks were under way between the S.A.O. and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Algeria: Terror Without End | 6/22/1962 | See Source »

The CRIMSON ad for Mr. Ooze advised one not to waste 40 cents on a cheap novel. Well, even setting aside the sub-freezing temperatures under that wretched dome, the alternative the ad offers is no bargain. Mr. Ooze is pretty much of a primordial mess.

Author: By Anthony Hiss, | Title: Mr. Ooze | 5/9/1962 | See Source »

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