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I 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...
The picture layout on West Germany was magnificent. Pierre Boulat, in his picture of the Kurfürstendamm, has captured with a camera what the impressionists were conveying on canvas.
Johns paints the American flag in various colors, including the conventional ones. Or he paints targets, or numbers arranged in little squares. Or, tiring of that, he will put a frame around an opened book and paint the whole thing red. Or he will attach a music box to the...
Barzun cites the exurbanite foible of Sunday painting to illustrate the prevalence of artiness and to point to the decline of judgment. In a democratic society, a do-it-yourself canvas proves sincerity, if not taste. But sincerity is no substitute for Intellect. Thus, Tough Teacher Barzun records that a...
He was just a ten-year-old in Penns Grove, N.J. when he set his mind on becoming Tarzan-or a movieland version of him. Hanging ropes from the tallest trees around, he spent hours swinging from tree to tree. As he grew up, he even began to look the...