Word: themeless
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Triptych Student Gallery opened its first show of the year shortly before Thanksgiving break and aptly called it a Themeless Show. The show was also timeless--it could easily have been a recycled version of last year's exhibits...
...works displayed in Themeless Show were not, of course, the exact same ones displayed last year, but the Triptych in its latest exhibit did not make a radical departure from the past or take bold artistic risks. The most recent display included photography, printmaking and painting, and it consisted largely of works arranged in series. The majority of pieces, though, were photographs distorted in various ways. The different techniques were intriguing but Triptych organizers, given free rein, allowed black-and-white images to dominate the show. Although a fair number of the images were quite admirable, even the most stellar...
...past year, the Triptych gallery has been unable to qualitatatively distinguish one show from another. The Triptych has in the past tended towards photography, and this show was no different. The limited range of media displayed was probably due to the cramped gallery space, but the works exhibited in Themeless Show were overwhelmingly the products of artists whom the gallery has exhibited earlier. Given the large number of student artists on campus, it is lamentable that only a few monopolize Harvard's only student gallery...
...unusual to see liberals and conservatives poised to battle it out on the floor of the House. In contrast, the ill-fated bipartisan proposal was a themeless pudding of a budget. Its guiding philosophy was a cynical renunciation of the long-standing principles of both parties. Much of the criticism leveled against the congressional backbenchers who rebelled against the pact claimed they were motivated by partisan excess. But it can be argued that the authors of the plan were not partisan enough. The White House abandoned the traditional Republican hostility to funding ineffective domestic spending programs. The Democratic leadership surrendered...