Word: reflections
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...take exception to the statement in your article "Sculpture 1959" [June 15] that "artists have never been asked to do more than reflect the time in which they live." I resent that artists are viewed as sponges that simply soak in "our time" and spew it out on canvas. Artists have in many cultures been expected to produce and have produced art that depicts an "ideal state" of what ought to be. Today, there are artists depicting what ought to be, but they have no listeners among people who are aware of our times and acknowledge their awareness...
...artists have never been asked to do more than reflect the time in which they live. By this standard a selection of 79 works (priced from $75 to $22,000) by 66 U.S. artists (two-thirds under 40) now on display at Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art makes a lively commentary on the present state of modern man's concerns and anxieties as well as his changing view of beauty. The broad selection chosen from some 700 entries underlines another fact: whether today's sculpture starts off as junk and ends...
Demos admits that the relativism offered at Harvard may not be a universal panacea, in fact may be unhealthy for some minds. "I assume that Harvard students can take it; they are supposed to be to tough intellectually. On the whole for Harvard students, who have time to reflect, the period of doubting may be helpful." Demos, however, is not convinced of the value of such doubting for everyone. "I've often wondered whether philosophy courses should be given in high school. For those who don't plan to go on to college, and will not have time for such...
...atheists are included, as well as an article on Radcliffe students and one on the College political spectrum. Each of the religious groups has been covered by a member of the faith discussed, in order to provide a more understanding approach. Any writer's editorial statements do not necessarily reflect CRIMSON policy...
...mysterious thing," Poggioli commented, "that it is virtually impossible to continue writing avant-garde literature. under a totalitarian regine." The reason for this, Poggioli said, is that any literature written under such a regime must reflect a reversion to tradition, and, "since the tradition upheld under the Soviet regime is cheap, Zhivago represents a search for something else...