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… of Friedman Benda and the artist   On April 3, Ai Weiwei’s human right to free speech—and all other rights—were … beauty assertively raises fundamental questions concerning human existence. Untitled (Divine Proportion) employs … as a result, thoughts are directed…

… 22. There is this sort of simple clarity, which by its very nature is a kind of misdirection. And for those in the know, … purity that empties—or almost empties—the world of things. Nature is there, but only as a gesture. S Ellsworth Kelly, … there is the…

… the hanging scroll, where a scholar plays a qin zither in nature on a quiet night.  Completely absorbed by the music, … an image of harmony between music and painting, and between human and nature. Music is also the metaphor of friendship in…

… They are quiet, precise, never wasteful and deeply human. They document an unsteady changing line between the … says that growing up in Burbank, his own relationship to nature had been somewhat mediated. Through photography, he … rivers of Splash Mountain.…

… issues such as racism, class, gender, war, freedom, human dignity, ecology, and consumerism.  Later that night, …

… a solid surface or plane; its shape is easily altered by human contact, or even natural elements such as wind and …

… on view are two exhibitions which opened just last week—Human Nature: Contemporary Art from the Collection and Vija …

… the didactic label that the animals were often avatars of human rulers, each representing different realms of the … and making a generous offering of a bone, an eyeball, and a human hand. The jaguar, symbolizing the earthly plain, is …