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Protean

From Chameleon to Protean (sans Tour Montparnasse!) http://wp.me/p5FM1y-hA

“A chameleon,” I explained with a smile, as high above Paris as one generally gets for appetizers and cocktails. Excepting the silly Tour Montparnasse, of course.

The mother of my friend –– not quite a girlfriend, but an attractive, charming young lady who distracted me briefly at the tail end of my twenties –– was shocked.

A chameleon, she assured me without wavering even out of politeness, is a…

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Gesamtkunstwerk

Gesamtkunstwerk: a look at Hans Ulrich Obrist and protean creation... #creativity

Gesamtkunstwerk? Gesundheit!

I’ll pass on poetry for this afternoon’s look at Gesamtkunstwerk. It’s tough enough to splutter off the tongue, much less massage into melody.

Ever interested in matters curatorial, I recently discovered Swiss art curator, critic and historian Hans-Ulrich Obrist who is currently working as the Director of International Projects at the Serpentine Gallery in London. My…

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