Word: instead
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...Buchloc is wise to point out, Watts is a sculptor of the surface, not of substance. It avoids linear meaning and sculptural formalism, displaying instead a fetishistic obsession with surface textures, transparency, translucency and reflection in works like "Three Clouds" (cubes patterned with cloud images), "Phono Records" (four LPs made of different materials) and, most impressively, his huge array of objects cast in a high-sheen chrome. The series of metallic West African votive dolls are craftily placed together in the penultimate room of the exhibition space, mimicking an ethnographic collection...
...musical; agents are trying to lure Bollywood stars; producers at a couple of major studios are even talking possible releases of subtitled Hindi musicals. I could give you a quick guide to Bollywood stars and hits, but that would be useful and thus defeat the purpose of this column. Instead, I'll just give you more...
...music news this week, but it seems everyone's been caught up in industry-talk, such as Clive Davis being replaced by L.A. Reid (co-founder of LaFace Records) at Arista Records, or Metallica producing a list of more than 300,000 people who traded Metallica songs over Napster. Instead of talking, will someone please come up with a shimmery, slinky, smooth summer song? Aaliyah's "I Try" has good beats but it's hard to listen to the lyrics without gagging; Jay-Z's "Big Pimpin'" is fine but not fine...
...Carter and his Toronto Raptors on their way to a fourth consecutive playoff series meeting with the Miami Heat. Latrell Sprewell, the "American Dream," dominated the next Michael Jordan both on the offensive and defensive ends, hitting clutch shots at the end of Games 1 and 2 while Carter instead preferred to pass the rock to teammates like Dee Brown at crucial moments. Assuming the Knicks maintain their playoff advantage over the Heat, there is little doubt that they can put away either the old Pacers or the inexperienced Sixers...
...other councillors shy away from Braude and Decker's strong advocacy to force Harvard to face repercussions for its living wage policy and instead attempt to isolate the issue...