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Ablow’s subject matter is deceptively simple: collections of open jars and pitchers rest innocuously on top of non-descript tables. The visual confection normally found in still lifes—reflective sparkles on glass, pastel groups of flowers or dew on fruit—is nowhere to be found. Instead objects are simplified into flat shapes. A cup is represented through the simple shape of a cylinder rimmed with shadow, while a drape of fabric becomes little more than a hard-edged line...

Author: By Maria-helene V. Wagenberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Meditations on Space: Joseph Ablow | 4/27/2001 | See Source »

...pretend to mortally wound one another wearing uni-suits at WWF's Smackdown!. I even contemplated leaving it wet, but my vanity, and the idea that one of these wrestlers might be cute, got the better of me. So I blow-dried my hair, put on the most non-descript outfit I could think of, and headed to the Fleet Center armed with my mace and two days of beginner Tae Bo videos...

Author: By Christina B. Rosenberger, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Is the WWF Spectacular Theater or Total Trash? A WWF Newbie's Account | 2/11/2000 | See Source »

...Wait dere. Right in dat corner, " he says in some non-descript accent. "In de corner." This time we're not convinced...

Author: By Deirdre Mask, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wonderful World Of MTV | 2/4/2000 | See Source »

...swagger up the steps, past the gift shop, past the cheesy caf, and bump right smack dab into another security guard, another non-descript accent...

Author: By Deirdre Mask, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wonderful World Of MTV | 2/4/2000 | See Source »

...Liza Minelli posters. No politics. The founders of BOND, who recruited members with non-descript signs last week, promise a new social space where students can discuss sexuality--if they want...

Author: By John M. Gravois, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Group Urges Comfort, Not Activism | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

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