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Rozsah výstavy je najednou příliš široký i příliš úzký. Kdyby svůj cíl organizátoři omezili jen na výstavu vizuálního umění, neudělali by takovou medvědí službu literatuře a divadlu. Počet objektů - 600 v první polovině výstavy věnující se letům 1900-1950, dalších 600 bude zachycovat období 1951-2000 a bude zahájena 26.
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The expressed aim of the exhibition is to show American culture - art, decorative arts, architecture, literature, dance, film, and music. Some very beautiful examples of design and architecture - Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Water, the Eames chairs, are shown, and the music and film are used as historic wallpaper throughout; dance, theater and literature particularly, are neglected, if not forgotten. The scope is at once too broad and too narrow. Had they limited their goal to displaying just visual arts, they would not have done such a disservice to literature and theater. The number of objects - 600 in this half covering 1900-1950, and another 600 in the second half covering 1951-2000 which begins September 26th, are not sufficient in number to capture the entire cultural output of the country in its period of rapid expansion. The skeleton of culture presented actually functions as more of a historical document - that which you would find in an outdated historical textbook. The art is not art here, in most cases, but artifact. The difference being that it seems impossible to draw inspiration or new insight from the objects in this configuration. They are lined up to reassure, not re-evaluate.
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The expressed aim of the exhibition is to show American culture - art, decorative arts, architecture, literature, dance, film, and music. Some very beautiful examples of design and architecture - Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Water, the Eames chairs, are shown, and the music and film are used as historic wallpaper throughout; dance, theater and literature particularly, are neglected, if not forgotten. The scope is at once too broad and too narrow. Had they limited their goal to displaying just visual arts, they would not have done such a disservice to literature and theater. The number of objects - 600 in this half covering 1900-1950, and another 600 in the second half covering 1951-2000 which begins September 26th, are not sufficient in number to capture the entire cultural output of the country in its period of rapid expansion. The skeleton of culture presented actually functions as more of a historical document - that which you would find in an outdated historical textbook. The art is not art here, in most cases, but artifact. The difference being that it seems impossible to draw inspiration or new insight from the objects in this configuration. They are lined up to reassure, not re-evaluate.
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