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Moving images–Dance and repetition make your eye and heart sing, a book review

Since the King of Pop died, I’ve been catching up on my Michael Jackson video watching. The ones that really grab me are Thriller and Beat It which aspire to be short movies and pretty much are. Jackon’s dancing is remarkable to watch of course. But his dance moves take on even greater visual [...]

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Taking Sides; Action/Abstraction: Pollock, De Kooning and American Art, 1940-1976

Jackson Pollock, Totem Lesson 2, 1945, oil on canvas. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Purchased 1986. © The Pollock-Krasner Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Action/Abstraction: Pollock, De Kooning and American Art, 1940-1976 at the Jewish Museum through September 21, 2008 is interesting for its contents and its ambitions; it will appeal to viewers [...]

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