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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...nonobjective "modern paintings" and tubular sculptures in the style of the 1930s thai some observers believe heralds the ad vent of a whole new nostalgic school of art. Rosenquist has taken to painting his images onto transparent Mylar, then slicing it into strips to create a new kind of "walk-through sculpture." But he will not abandon brush and can vas. "Oil painting may be old-fashioned," he says, "but I don't think any medium is dead-as long as a person can prove his intuition by using...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Painting: Rosenquist & Lichtenstein Are Alive | 1/26/1968 | See Source »

...hunt, those with the least body hair became least overheated and ran down the most game; through a process of evolutionary selection, man gradually shed his furry coat entirely. Those who competed most effectively with the stronger and swifter carnivores of the open spaces were those who began to walk and run in an upright position, increasing their speed and freeing their hands to grasp weapons of the hunt. Those who learned to outsmart their four-legged competitors were the ones whose brains grew larger and whose maturation rate slowed down, extending their childhood and giving them more time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Into the Open Spaces | 1/26/1968 | See Source »

...Joan Greenwood tradition. But Robert Reed as the American makes nothing of a vaguely interesting character; the best that can be said for him is that he has changed since The Defenders. Finally Betsy von Furstenberg has received such prominent credit in the program for her two-second walk-on that further comment would constitute overkill...

Author: By James Lardner, | Title: Avanti | 1/26/1968 | See Source »

...mosquito nets while educating my ears to the booms produced by different kinds of American ordnance used on the outskirts of Saigon at night. The noise of shelling competed with the constant drone of helicopters and jets taking off and landing at Ton San Nhut, only a ten-minute walk from the International Voluntary Services house. During the day I tried to get to know Saigon and imagine what it might look like without its oppressive cocoon of sandbags, barricades, rolls of concertina wire and black exhaust soot (military traffic has created so much air pollution that I wonder...

Author: By Lawrence A. Walsh, | Title: Vietnam: An Outside Perspective | 1/24/1968 | See Source »

...mother teaches her daughter a strict moral code and yet encourages her to walk in a mini-skirt and tight sweater around Harvard Square on Saturday evenings, she is likely to have trouble with her daughter. In the same way, this society tells its sons of American values; of their obligation to help the poor both inside and outside its borders. At the same time, however, the SSS encourages America's sons to pursue methods which do not support these values or fulfill that obligation, and actually prevents them from developing methods which can better achieve these ends. Thus...

Author: By Mark Gerzon, | Title: Is the Draft in the National Interest? | 1/18/1968 | See Source »

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