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...Working in shops, partaking in sports, or purchasing the latest Parisian fashions, these girls make manifest the clash of present and future in images where kimonos are paired with severely bobbed hair. Titles like “A Stylish Beauty Dressed in a Kimono Standing Beside a Decorated Christmas Tree??�� and paintings of women wearing mid-calf length daydresses and cloches aboard a sailboat resemble a vintage issue of Vogue, encapsulating the feeling of the era’s unprecedentedly rapid Westernization.The works within “Showa Sophistication” capture the unbridled optimism of a nation...
...with rock music is aware of—many have suffered through haggis and gloomy weather for just a taste of it. The Beatles used it to make their afternoon tea and to found Brit Pop; U2 used it to water the roots of “The Joshua Tree??�� and make Irish rock relevant. Many others have come and gone since then and enjoyed their 15 minutes on the anti-oasis in the North Sea.Until recently, Scotland has had little to speak of save for bands like The Vaselines and Travis, great whisky, and the Loch Ness...
...Finnish design company Marimekko hangs on one wall, stretched across a handmade frame. Vases from BoConcept adorn the black shelves mounted against the wall, while a black papasan sits across from them. A pair of glazed wooden tables—the tops are cross-sections of some large tree??��rests on a black carpet, exuding sculptural finesse. The orange linoleum flooring is invisible under a sheet of white vinyl. Lights installed on the ceiling shine through white fabric, casting a muted glow throughout the room...
...more surprising. There are too many great works to talk about in one room, let alone three floors. There’s the Byzantine stone and glass mosaic on the fourth floor that recalls the short, bright strokes of color in Klimt’s “Pear Tree??�� on the first, as well as Josiah Wedgwood’s 18th century English reproduction of the Portland Vase which is not only reminiscent of Greek red and black figure pottery, but also appears in William Michael Harnett’s “Still Life with Bric...
HSBA executive director Denise A. Jillson said she thought of the tree as a “giving tree??�� and “to the extent that I can continue to keep the tree supplied throughout the season, I will...