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    Rose Art Museum display justifies the passions  Nov 5, 2009
    First, on the museum s elegant entrance level, come modernism, surrealism, and social realism. Among the highlights are a small Reclining Nude by Picasso, showing his young lover, Marie-Th. (Boston Globe)

    David and Barbara Stahl Collection is wide-ranging and captivating  Oct 18, 2009
    The collection s strengths lie in works from the early part of the 20th century, especially German Expressionist prints (the list includes George Grosz and Max Beckmann) and the social realism of Americans such as Edward Hopper, Reginald Marsh, and John Sloan. Even so, the Stahls did not limit themselves to one era or style; the collection includes works by Rembrandt, Piranesi, Whistler, and Picasso, and it also steps right into the 21st century. (Boston Globe)

    Eric Cantona feted in Cannes for Loach film role  May 24, 2009
    Loach's movie _ an exceptionally funny and commercially appealing picture from a director better known for gritty social realism _ should introduce many new moviegoers to Cantona, who is both athlete and icon, a football philosopher as famed for his cryptic pronouncements as for his stunning goals. "Looking for Eric" plays on that reputation to comic effect. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)

    Now playing, a familiar onscreen presence: Life  Mar 27, 2009
    Social realism is a term that makes some people queasy ... But "Amreeka," the opening film of the 2009 New Directors/New Films series on Wednesday, reaffirms social realism's validity as humanistic art with an educational frisson. (International Herald Tribune)

    The communist touch  Feb 8, 2009
    By the end of the 1920s, Constructivism was waning, and Social Realism had become the official (and only approved) artistic style of the increasingly draconian Soviet state. Despite its decline there, Constructivism flourished elsewhere. (International Herald Tribune)




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