Word: visual
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...they read, and students who read will, in turn, write better. Especially in college, where students are supposed to be able to spend their time investigating new or special interests, limits on creative departments can be a serious barrier to education. The College already has one thriving creative concentration--Visual and Environmental Studies--that has proved to be both popular and successful...
...splashy, one could argue that Powell's gift best manifests itself in smaller, brocade-free dramas such as Hilary and Jackie. Powell's mod clothes never overwhelm the tale of the relationship between the impassioned cellist Jacqueline du Pre and her sister, but instead lend a keen visual intensity to the women's profound differences. As Jackie becomes increasingly famous--and depressed--her knits seem to get more blindingly pink and blue; Hilary, meanwhile, recedes into neutrals. The look stays with you--Powell's work, it seems, never fades to black...
...anyway? B4 we interview him I'd like to know. =@)" Admittedly, the "B4" and "=@)" were lame and unnecessary--I was towards the end of a brief and disastrous experimental period with special e-mail shorthand and parenthetical-math sign-smiley faces. But the electronic response did not critique this visual jargon; instead, what I received was a nasty and merciless attack on my cultural skills and knowledge...
...fresh use of light and the contrast between dark and light, outside and in was the contribution of Summer Bartholomew '99 nod to the theme of the exhibition. The work of a creatively astute eye, her enigmatic photographs capture loss through the visual language of decaying architecture, barns and outsides of buildings...
While there was no glitz to this cozy production, it works. Though thumbtacked and frame-less, the photographs clearly demonstrate the talent of the artists and their passion for their subject matter. With any luck "Departures, Separations, Losses" will set a precedent for increased independent visual art shows on the Harvard campus...