Word: totemic
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...work underscores the central oddity, and the source of originality, in Shapiro's art: his desire to use a style derived from "radical" modernism to make credible images of the body. Minimalism didn't want the figure. It hated the idea of the totem. It despised any kind of liveliness. It wanted to be its chilled, nonreferential self: a box, a row of bricks on the floor...
This group of women owes a stepsisterly debt to Madonna. They are singers who have molded a slick look, cool moves and a crafty urban sound into a commanding cultural presence. One crucial difference is that Madonna now dwells in the realms of rarefied pop; she is a totem of high fashion. Jackson, Abdul, Watley and Estefan have a more vigorous immediacy. They seem, whatever their success, cozier with the kids, closer to the street corner...
...Little is heard from the White House about school prayer or against the feminist agenda. Says David Keene: "The White House attitude toward the movement is to tickle its belly and hope that it doesn't get too disgruntled in public." With no national leader to serve as either totem or target, the right suffers three specific conundrums...
...There are approximately 500 objects, ranging from little shellfish hooks to totem poles," said Brown, adding that the Lewis and Clark exhibit featured 70 to 100 more pieces...
...display is divided into nine interculturegeographic areas, said Brown. In the Northwestarea stand totem poles and a largeyellow-and-brown exterior house post carved tolook like a tree. A wooden bear perches near thetop and paw prints trace its path up from theground...