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On Autonomy and the Avant-Garde
How is art to operate in conditions that openly reify and dissolve the traditional values of art?
"Now, Christopher (A Pattern Language) Alexander's iconoclastic reputation is likely to grow some more. This spring, he finally completed his four-volume, 2,150-page magnum opus: "The Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe." After laboring over it for 27 years, Mr. Alexander had a falling out with his editors at Oxford University Press and is now publishing the work himself through his Center for Environmental Structure, a nonprofit organization in Berkeley dedicated to promoting his ideas."
THE MAD MATTER
20 West 22nd Street, Studio 1501; 243-2593
"People come to Mad Matter for the immaculate mats alone, although you can also get a solid framing job here. "Most serious frame shops won't be bothered with mere mats, because there's no money in it," says proprietor Ron Yourkowski, "but they're very important in keeping the artwork away from the glass, and creating a space where your eye can rest." Struggling photographers stop here, then procure cheap frames elsewhere; young collectors swear by the archival framing jobs. A 16-inch-by-20-inch mat might cost $20, or $200 if it's gold-beveled and covered in fabric."
Rural Studio Hale County Alabama
love and theft