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Global Conceptualism successfully squashes both of these notions. The layout of the exhibit manages to present these monochromatic, text-heavy, conceptualist pieces in their most appealing light. Due in part to a shortage in space (the exhibit was originally held at the somewhat larger Queens Museum of Art in New York), there isn't much white wall space to spare, and, for a show full of conceptual pieces, this is a boon: each room presents a rich, appealing, visually stimulating array of sculptures, treatises, photographs and pieces of music. And the organization of the show into regions, each curated separately...
Were Lincoln at Home not merely the length of a chapter in one of Donald's previous endeavors, it might be easier to view what he's compiled as worthy of tremendous respect. Yet as the work stands, with 32 pages of continuous text in 18 point font followed by 55 pages of reprinted, often sentence long-letters, Donald has written a chapter, picked out some primary texts for those interested readers, and has called it a book. His historical novella, then, should meet with some harsh criticism, given the little history Donald actually interprets. In exchange for a abridged...
...intends to take up after her creative sojourn with stuffed animals. Looking at her sketches of mythological creatures for a "hybrid" book project, you can't help but think how fitting the theme is. Hybrid in every sense of the word-suturing animal and animal, animal and human, text and image, science and painting, craft and creativity-they make it clear that Hulsey is after a very hybrid sort of art herself...
...state of Boston's art, it seems, can be found somewhere in a lit theory text, judging by the five representatives featured in the 19th Lois Foster Exhibition of Boston Area Artists. The artists are obsessed with materialism-teddy bears, floppy bunny rabbits, handkerchiefs, dresses, shirt pockets and other everyday objects take on a tremendous theoretical burden. Artists Yukiko Nakamura, Colleen Kiely, Juliann Cydylo, Jocelyn Lee and Amy Podmore expect us to appreciate all the tired old postmodern themes, like the redefinition of gender through art and the importance of objects in defining identity...
...kids. The C-Book Reader ($50) may actually help the little ones learn to read. The device, which will go on sale in early 2001, runs animated stories from cartridges. Among the first six titles are Disney's Winnie the Pooh and 101 Dalmatians. Kids can read the text, flip page by page along with the narration or watch a primitive animated version. For Mom and Dad's sake, the reader comes with a headphone jack...