Word: redeemed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Despite the spells of tedium the author's Zen-influenced insights into the human psyche, his occasional humor and the magnitude of his feat redeem the book...
...heir but not the colonized admirer of Picasso and Miró. It seems now that Pollock was eager to wind so many elements together in his work, not out of some empty eclecticism (which is what our "expressionists" give us today) but in the belief that cultural synthesis might redeem us all. How can one follow this show, from its first choked and turbulent exercises, through the grapplings with chosen masters (Picasso, Masson, Miró, Orozco) in the "totemic" and "archetypal" paintings of the 1940s, into the air and vastness of Lavender Mist or Autumn Rhythm, without seeing that Pollock...
Mailer's principle-art should redeem or rather, more important, exculpate the artist-reached its full blossom as a tenet of Romanticism. The artist, for centuries regarded as merely a liveried servant of church and aristocracy, sprang up out of the bourgeoisie in the early 19th century as a dashing hierophant whose work connected him to the divine. It excused everything, from rudeness to homicide. "The fact of a man's being a poisoner," proclaimed Oscar Wilde, "is nothing against his prose...
...aware that the President for the first time was facing a credibility gap. To a large extent, Reagan had opened it himself by delivering on his campaign promises to slash taxes deeply, while starting a huge military buildup. Those astounding successes have raised grave doubts that Reagan can also redeem his equally important pledge to balance the federal budget by fiscal...
...side where Hearns' right hand waited. Hearns tattooed the eye, trying to close it completely in hopes of setting Leonard up. Sugar Ray, with his head cocked oddly to the side to improve his vision, was steadily losing points-and the time in which to redeem them-as his injury worsened...