>In a message dated 96-10-18 15:41:13 EDT, [log in to unmask] (Steve
>Eichner) writes:
>
>> Let's move on and discuss good things!
>
>Ok, I just spent the afternoon going through the Olmec Exhibit at the
>National Gallery in DC. I have no idea if this is/was a travelling show, but
>I hope so as it was pretty darn good. First off, thumbs up to the curators -
>although their names did not jump out at me :-( for a very good attempt at
>blending art and anthropology. For once, I went into the National Gallery and
>was able to learn something about the artist (oooh, I can just hear the
>flamethrowers loading up:-). And imagine my excitement to see cranial
>deformation, tattooing AND labretifery all mentioned in the same exhibit! I
>was beside myself. I would like to know who curated the show (too poor to buy
>the catalog), to find out whether the tattoos on the masks are considered
>representations of the actual tattoos that were present on the face of the
>model for the mask, or whether the designs on the mask were interpretations
>of the individual the mask represented as a whole.
>
>On another topic but related (Hank, you can probably answer this one for me),
>what's the deal with the sculptures across Constitution from the Washington
>Monument (or on the lawn down from the White House, depending on how you
>choose)? Is this a permanent installation? I only ask b/c I got rear-ended
>last week on Constitution (probably as a result of someone checking them
>out!), and they seem a bit out of place.
>
>OK, there's your change of subject ;-)
>
>- Adrienne

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