Word: realistes
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...dynamic, at other times static. So why should we avoid the static moments to concern ourselves only with the dynamic ones? If a film is to take account of reality... it must also consider the rhythm of this reality." In other words, he was just being a realist. Or a neo-neo-realist...
...scene's rising stars is Balinese artist Dewa Gede Ratayoga. At the 27-year-old's first show, held in Jakarta's Ark Galerie last April, all of the giant hyper-realist canvases were sold by the end of the opening night, some for as much as $5,000. By international reckoning this was a small sum, but by Indonesian standards it was an extraordinary haul by a young unknown. "This is the beginning of a new trend," says Bruce Wallace, chief representative in Indonesia of UBS, the bank that helped sponsor the show. "When quality comes on the market...
...effective body for student advocacy. We thus remain apathetic regarding its dealings, elections, and even its self-styled “Declaration of Grievances.” Dozens of eager freshmen declare their candidacy for the UC each fall. By the time those innocent freshmen become realist sophomores, however, student government at Harvard has lost its sheen; some upperclass Houses can’t find a soul to stand for election...
...those reasons and for the endless ambiguities of his watercolors and canvases, he remains the 20th century Realist who still looks resolutely modern to us. And charming at the same time, though it's an irony that his paintings of old houses in Maine or on Cape Cod should strike us that way. When they first appeared, they were considered triumphs over the ugliness and banality of the houses themselves. Gilded Age piles with mansard roofs or carpentered scrollwork were deeply out of fashion in the 1920s, when Hopper started seeking them out. In the same way, when he painted...
...Earnest” that year, felt minorities were unrealistic in their expectation of color-blind casting. “Theater is an unfair business,” he said. “Minorities inevitably will not have equal opportunities in casting because most plays are written for a white, realist audience.” Petrosino also cited the alienation of common casting and the niche groups of BlackCAST and the now-defunct AAA Players as reasons for lack of minority involvement in mainstream theater. Eight years later, it remains to be seen whether the problem has been fixed...