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Although he may still be best known for his provocative conceptual art from the 1970s, including having himself shot in the arm as a performance piece, he has been making large-scale assemblage sculpture for the last three decades. He is also an avaricious collector: Trains (toy and full-sized), cars (real and miniature), Erector sets and oriental rugs are just a few of the categories that he has amassed in vast quantities, either with a design in mind for specific artworks or with a vague notion of future use
Lamps had been on his mind as well -- he liked the forms -- and he'd been eyeing reproductions at Home Depot. So seeing "the real thing," as he put it, a couple of worn lamp shafts lying on the ground, grabbed him. He quickly asked the price: "They're $950 each," Burden remembers the dealer telling him, which he then bargained down to $800 if Burden would take the pair.
Israel News Agency: Keep Olmert, Fire Peretz
Jerusalem ----May 2...... A few have described the present political environment in Israel as one which has been swept up by a tsunami. Politicians, defense personnel, journalists, foreign diplomats, business people and a vast majority of the general public in Israel have been burning the midnight oil trying to keep up with the rapid political developments since the Winograd Report of the Second Lebanon war was released in Jerusalem. A massive natural knee-jerk reaction to have Olmert resign has been egged on by opposition members of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. It's the same primal behavior mimicked by lynch mobs - let's find someone to destroy for all of our problems. Student groups from across Israel joined residents of the western Negev town of Sderot and army reservists for a protest march yesterday, calling on Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz to resign.
Area briefs
The Tribune will not publish on Christmas Day or New Year's Day, but both weeks will publish a Monday edition, on Dec. 24 and Dec. 31. Personal property forms in the mail soon ERIE — Personal Property Rendition forms will be mailed by the Neosho County appraiser's office during the end of December. Only persons who had taxable personal property last year or new personal property before Jan. 1 of 2008 in Neosho County will receive forms. The forms will include a computer printout listing the items reported in 2007, according to David Thornton, county appraiser. Residents need to make corrections, deleting items disposed of and adding new items. If there are no changes sign the form and return to the county office by March 15. Thornton emphasizes that renditions need to be returned before the filing deadline.
Top Chinese contemporary artists present their artwork for Montblanc
For the first time, international luxury brand Montblanc has acquired artwork from the five best-known Chinese contemporary artists in its Montblanc Cutting Edge Art Collection. The work was commissioned from artists Fang Lijun, Qin Yufen, Zhu Jinshi, Wang Yin and Wang Guangyi. At the Today Art Museum in Beijing, Montblanc presents the artworks of the five, which can be seen afterwards at the CIGE (China International Gallery Exposition) until 16 April. According to Montblanc, these are the most distinguished progressive thinkers in China. Montblanc has been involved in China for years in a variety of ways and is one of the most popular luxury brands in the country. With this addition, the Montblanc Cutting Edge Art Collection has grown to include a total of 75 pieces by artists from all over the world.
Harding news item attracts media interest
A public relations news item entitled "Safe Ways to Get Back in Shape" attracted a great deal of media interest, according to Gary Cuneo of the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress (F4CP). The news item was released in late January and was picked up across the country. Much of the interest was from community newspapers, says Laura Carabello, principal of CPR, the marketing communications firm handling public relations for F4CP. The news release generated 128 newspaper articles in 18 different states, with a readership of almost 3 million. Carabello said, "Based on clippings … this release has appeared in 12 of the top 50 markets, 19 of the top 100 markets, and 28 of the top 300 markets." The news item advised readers to "take their time getting back into an exercise routine, otherwise they risk injury." Quoted was Gerard W.
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Ex-Harper adviser goes to bat for Taser International
He was an intense, baby-faced policy wonk imported to help Alberta's new finance minister track megabucks pouring into provincial coffers. Within a couple months, insiders said Ken Boessenkool was doing most of the heavy thinking on tax reform for the gaffe-plagued Stockwell Day. Now, nine years later, Boessen-kool's resume has grown to include a key spot in getting Stephen Harper elected leader, a top designer role for the Conservative's five-point 2004 platform and supervisory duties in policy and strategic planning for two Conservative election campaigns. That's why he is now a go-to lobbyist in Calgary's Hill and Knowlton office when in-a-pickle clients need to bend a friendly federal ear quickly. .
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