Word: serif
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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FIRST THING IS you see the posters up, typically pretentious Harvard posters printed on fine paper with black serif letters--you just know the University wouldn't mimeograph its announcements--telling the time of the contest and when and where you have to bring a copy of your selection beforehand. Fine. You pick your selection, make sure it's under five minutes, then type up a copy to bring over to the Loeb. I picked out something from Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell that I read in tutorial last year and was real gripping because it tells the story...
...known for his rigorous color studies and 3-D paper exercises, is unusually represented in the exhibit by his photos; for example, his Garden Chairs reiterates his geometric, figure-ground play. Bayer ,too, has an unusual photo, unlike his prolific posters and typography (his invention of san-serif type); Surrealist Composition, 1937, is a view of unstable, never-in-full-view spheres and cones...