Word: spiriting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...capacity for empathy with his subject and--more of a challenge--the artist's skill at bringing his audience to a like understanding has its roots in the animism of the earliest primitive artists: French cave-mural painters, mask-fashioners of Africa and Eskimo sculptors. The belief that a spirit exists in every living thing implies that in order to fashion an image one must first understand exactly what sort of spirit moves the subject. By the same token, art initially served a practical function: it was believed that by symbolically capturing prey (one captured a portion of its spirit...
...result these green stone animals have a charm that is comparatively lacking in the artists' self-portraits. These, on the whole, are angular with distorted features. They seem to reflect the strain of a life of constant struggle with the elements. A striking example of this spirit is a family group carved out of a single block of black soapstone. The figures are huddled together. They are heavy, clumsy and coarse-featured, but oddly uncertain, despite their solidarity. Likewise, a carved hunter seems very much at the mercy of his surroundings. His axe raised and face contorted, he twists, almost...
...impress different groups of people. And it is perhaps not entirely fair to compare two such different mediums from two such dissimilar cultures. Nevertheless it is interesting to consider the means by which an Eskimo and a Russian who emigrated to Paris in 1910 both manage to evoke the spirit of their milieus. The Arctic sculptures convey much of the vastness and harshness of life near the Poke and were carved almost instinctively. Chagall has depicted busy, crowded, complex European scenes and yet his inspiration seems likewise instinctual. Both collections illustrate folk traditions stretching back beyond memories. The difference lies...
...practice, there was always the fear of cuts, returning to haunt. On the other hand, team spirit provided some relief...
Through the years the Walker Cup has managed to maintain the spirit of gentlemanly integrity and unconcealed exuberance associated with amateur golf since the heyday of Bobby Jones. Despite the tremendous popularity now enjoyed by the leading pros, the Walker Cup continues to be a more appealing event than its professional counterpart, the Ryder...