Word: silver
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Connaissance des Arts without experiencing a touch of nausea: this is what it has come down to, a ragout of flattering consumer objects floating in a buttery sauce of vicarious chic-Mercedes-Benzes and Daum crystal, Porthault linen and Andy Warhols, Tiepolo drawings and onyx washstands, Dubuffets and silver-garnished narwhal horns...
...regarded himself. He felt like it was time to relax, and he felt like relaxing, but as a goal-directed, achievement-driven student he could not. He felt like there was a shadow before him, maybe the golden shadow of the future, or maybe a cloud with a silver lining of some sort. It was certainly an ambiguous future...
...complaining. I like it. I've led a good life. God has been good to me. Almost 80 and I'm still lively. It's being around young people that keeps me going. I can walk just fine and sit still; standing bothers me because I have this silver plate in my leg. That's from the first war. I just enlisted. That's how I got into the war. Walked over to Boston Common and just signed up two days after war broke out. My mother didn't hear from me until a month later. I've always been...
Alisa Wells and Judy Dater are among those women represented who are still working. Wells is metaphorical and autobiographical. She makes the most extensive use of technical manipulation. Some of her images are altered by overexposure, superimposed frames, and silver print for effect. Judy Dater is interesting because she emphasizes women and their bodies. Her results clash resoundingly with the aura men produce from similar models. These aren't demurring women about to extend or accept an invitation, they confront you with their sexuality. Some are beautiful, yet that's not what attracts attention. These women are provocative because their...
...million. He even figured that he could buy his way into the White House but got no closer to it than the U.S. Senate, where he served a blessedly brief term as an interim appointee. Then, in 1893, the U.S. went back on the gold standard; the price of silver, which had been supported by the Government, plummeted. In the depression that ensued, Tabor went broke even faster than he had made it rich. Five years later he died, penniless, but adjuring his wife: "Never sell the Matchless, Baby. When silver comes back, it will make millions...