Word: processes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...best show on Newbury St. is at the Rigelhaupt where eight sculptors of the "$2000-for-that-thing-I-could-make-it-mayself" schools try to show the gallergoer that he can't. "Art in Process: The Visual Development of a Structure" collects some of the most questionable genres of modern art and affords a glimpse into their creation by surrounding each sculpture with the notes and drawings that helped form it. As a study of the creative process the exhibit is spread much too thin--each artist has only the most token representation, and each work only...
Describing the "process" behind the work of art quickly points up the difference in quality. The good works are enhanced by a view of their formation. For the bad, removing the mystery of their creation merely exposes their absurdity. In general, the poorer sculptures are simplistic works with sententious justifications. Dan Flavin, for instance, exhibits two parallel neon tubes, one yellow-gold, the other blue. The explanation? "Here will be the basic counting marks (primitive abstractions) restated long in the daylight glow of common fluorescent tubes. Such an elemental system becomes possible (ironic) from the context of the previous work...
...metal dominates and then the spreading light. Antonakos' sculpture is more complex, with colored fluorescent tubes flashing through a number of different time sequences. The sketches show how the timing is programmed and reveal the way the sculpture was planned to relate to its surroundings. Here the creative process merges with craftsmanship to produce a work of art by any definition...
...artists do not offer immediate satisfaction, and the all-too-facile entertainment afforded by seeing common commercial materials in arty forms often obscures the value of the works. By showing the thought that went into the sculptures, "Art in Process" encourages the viewer to invest a similar effort...
...health protection, e.g., rediation safety, environmental pollution prevention, population control, etc., is expected while traditional patterns of medical care are severely challenged. To survive, Medicine must evolve new patterns to deepen its roots in science and broaden its scope of service to society. Natural selection is too slow a process to insure survival; careful planning must proceed on several fronts. A clear view of the many new roles expected of the physician should lead to an education which will prepare him for the diversity of services expected of him. This view must lead to a reconsideration of the curriculum...