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Volume I, Issue 8 Arts4All
Newsletter Odometer Issue |
Performance and Exhibition Schedules Basics Find it
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From the Editor: plus ça change Welcome to the December issue of the Arts4All Newsletter, the Odometer Issue. Nearly bursting at the seams, this month's issue - the last of 1999 - addresses various metric approaches to life and thought - how and why we assess, compare, and evaluate. We see Reuben Nakian at the end of his life, still making art, still trying out new ideas and techniques. A large outdoor sculpture of his is promised a new home after its original one was torn down. Memos from the World from four correspondents have in common a sense of continuity: from the Nineteenth Century vanguard of landscape photography; a concert stage hosting two generations of talented musicians; a second viewing, fourteen years later, of a life-changing theatrical production; and a snapshot from the ongoing public discussion about art, politics and free expression. There are new Artist Pages waiting to be visited, more Performance Schedules than ever, and the continually updated Bulletin Board news releases. This month's Linkage takes us into the half-life of art forms, and two contributors introduce the Newsletter's Perspectives pieces - first in a series over the coming year, presenting some musings on the Millennium. A futile search for the ultimate measuring device wraps up the issue. Next month, look for our special New Beginnings Issue. With it, we'll commence Newsletter Volume Two: a passage of sorts. A little steadier on its feet, the Newsletter grows stronger and more adventurous each month. And you can assure your friends that it's not too late to enjoy our first year of life - our past issues are fully accessible, by topic, title, date, author, and keyword, in the FindIt section. Warmest holiday wishes to all our readers from the Newsletter staff and our Publisher. We are so pleased to be a part of your lives. Thank you. |
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Reuben Nakian - Yesterday and Today [Part Four] by Robert Metzger Not unlike Henri Matisse in his very last years, Nakian had difficulty discerning detail. During this period he created several Styrofoam cut-out works reminiscent of Matisse's late paper cutouts. In old age, each artist drew on the vast reservoir of a lifetime dedicated to art, to create a final statement of outstanding quality. In both instances, their late style was a radical departure from their earlier work, yet singularly their own. |
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by Helena Grubesic The media bombard us with articles, documentaries and surveys measuring the medical, archeological, technical and other advancements of our civilization. The criterion for an accomplishment or discovery remains constant throughout all disciplines - the ability for it to transcend its own time. An achievement must maintain its relevance for generations ahead, it must be malleable yet steadfast, and it must serve as a foundation to be built upon. |
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Memos from the World: Carleton Watkins and Gulbenkian Collection Exhibitions by Jerrold Maddox The photographer Carleton Watkins created, more than anyone else, the traditions of landscape photography of the American West. He invented ways of seeing the wilderness landscape, and inspired early wilderness-conservation efforts. by Alberta Moraine Richard and Linda Thompson had a son, known as Teddy. He's all grown up now, playing on his dad's Mock Tudor tour. I must gush: Teddy Thompson, with his mother's soul and his father's edge, may have the voice of his generation. by Meryl Joseph Just as the painter Giotto discovered how to portray perspective (how the eye percieves distance) to the world in the Thirteenth Century, The Search gave me a mirror in which to see humanity. I was able to put the third eye on my own life - what had changed, what had not - as well as that of the world. by Anna Roxas Judith Mara Gutman, a writer and critic, introduced the evening's discussion, pointing out that, while the audience for art has become more diverse, the art museum has moved closer to the mainstream, no longer the "holier-than-thou" place apart. She mentioned "Monet scarves," emblematic of the flood of money, merchandise, and advertising that transformed the museum world over the past fifteen years. |
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More by Michael Nicolella
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by Michael Nicolella The hype of the digital age has met its match in the hype-mongering over the coming of the year 2000, with all of those zeroes opening great drains within crucial software systems, when their internal clocks go blank after the transition from '99 to '00. After the coming turnover, a question will probably remain: what is the archival legacy of digital communications? Many of these projects seem to be impatient, as though preservation is not as important as the experiential nature of an art that is so dependent on specially coordinated equipment. |
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More by Anne M Carley |
by Anne M Carley We're coming up on the Brave New Number, surrounded by encouragement to make this New Year's Eve a big deal. I fear, however, Millennium Fatigue has already set in. We measure so many things, in so many ways, you'd think there could be some glaringly obvious metric to apply, to encapsulate the turn of the year. If the Apocalypse does not happen, and most of us are still here the next day, is there something still to be done, to observe our shift into triple-aught? |
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Perspectives: by Meryl Joseph When I consider my life's journey, and the most extraordinary moments, I think in terms of influences and perspective. Who were the people, or what works of art radically changed my own vision of the world, at a particular crossroad. by Michael Nicolella Physical memory sometimes seems the most enduring sort. Diesel fumes, rain, coffee, songs, humid summer days and such things mark the passage of time. I find myself looking back over a year distinguished by personal conflict, a year when I graduated from a small rural University and moved to Manhattan. |
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Performance and Exhibition Schedules Artists and institutions worldwide list their appearance dates and ticketing information. At the Sydney Opera House next March, who better than Australian pianist Michael Kieran Harvey to take on the formidable challenges of Bartók's third piano concerto? Its meditative second movement and technical demands make it a perfect showcase for Harvey's singular talent. Edo de Waart will conduct this dazzling piano concerto and Schumann's Rhenish Symphony, one of the composer's most romantic works. Edo de Waart conductor; Michael Kieran Harvey piano; BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 3; SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3 Rhenish. |
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News releases straight from the press agents! Updated continually, the Bulletin Board posts news about artistic events and organizations worldwide.
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A talented trumpet player has joined the ranks of artists with an Artist Page in the Newsletter. Look and listen - Jon Wilder's page is here. We also introduce pianist Jenny Mitchell playing two works by Debussy. Visual artist Anne Kovach shows three of her works in different sizes and media, while Vanessa Conlin sings Puccini's Quando m'en vo. Stay tuned - there are more to come in our January Newsletter. |
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