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Centered around the work of the late Mark Morrisroe, the exhibition also showcases the art of six other artists who lived, worked and studied in Boston in the late '70s to early '80s. David Armstrong, Philip-Lorca ("PL") diCorcia, Nan Goldin, Jack Pierson, Tabboo! (Stephen Tashjian) and Shellburne Thurber, as well as Morrisroe, all knew and influenced each other...
...diaristic aspect of photography also appears in the work of Shellburne Thurber. She thinks of her photography as "not only an act of connecting to people but of locking things down." Memory and the expression of affection are integral parts of her work...
...Thurber's pictures also possess a fascination with vivid colors and dramatic lighting, a trait that she shares with Philip-Lorca diCorcia. "Pl.," as his friends call him, combines the retirement of Armstrong with Thurber's sensitivity to the nuances of light and color...
...Deal of Georgia became the nation's 78th elected Democrat to become a Republican since Clinton's election, and others are expected to follow suit or to quit rather than make the switch. "Democrats have gotten over denial, and now they are in shock about their future," concludes James Thurber, a political scientist at American University. "And their future looks pretty grim...
...visited New York only once, in 1909, and was not impressed. He acknowledged that America was the first country to embrace psychoanalysis but detested the democratizing tendencies of the country's culture. Yet his ideas had a formative influence on writers as varied as Eugene O'Neill and James Thurber...