Considers why James Magee has converted the titles (more particularly, poemlike utterances) of plastic works of art to an oral/communication medium. Discusses Magee's titles as they dissolve the frame, and hence its conventional significance as a marker of apprehensibility. (RS)

However innovative Cezanne's pictorial structure may appear to those with a preconceived notion of what a representation of reality ought to be, his art is not a simple continuation of previous movements, nor is it a revolutionary reversal that leads directly to cubism and abstract art. (Author/SJL)

The article describes the artistic development of a gifted child who excels at painting, and includes the text of a conversation with him on such things as the themes of his paintings, how he views them, and early influences on his artistic development. (DLS)

An interview with Helen B. Landgarten, a pioneer in art psychotherapy, addresses how she came to work in this field, her training, her experience with Jungian therapy, current approaches to training art therapists, her own painting, and the role of the American Art Therapy Association today. (DB)

What can postmodernism do for, or to, educational research? The article discusses its potential for resisting closure and simplification. Developing a "preposterous", anachronistic postmodern method that is caught up with surrealism and the baroque, the article plays with "trompel'oeil" paintings and outmoded popular entertainments such as magic…

Porfirio Salinas has been hailed the best painter of the Texas hill country and its bluebonnets. Born on November 6, 1910, Porfirio's teachers recognized and encouraged his drawing ability. When Porfirio found employment after school in a graphics company that also sold art supplies, he met Robert Wood, recognized for his Texas landscapes, and…

Recently an outstanding cross-section of works from Van Gogh's Arlesian period was on exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. His works are discussed; some samples are included. (RM)

Examines the interdependence of language and image in a poster series by Shosaku Arakawa and relates the displacement of writing from the book page to his canvases or posters to theories of performative language to show that his work is itself performance. (DF)

For more than two thousand years, the painted image has been critical to the culture of the West. At the beginning of the 21st century, however, painting sits quietly in a small corner and is, for the most part, ignored. Museums increasingly devote their contemporary exhibition space to "installation art," as opposed to discrete objects…

Reviews "An Artist in the University Medical Center" (M. Lesser, New Orleans: Tulane University Press, 1989), in which the artist captures the human side of the complex Tulane Medical Center in New Orleans (Louisiana). The interplay of drawings, etchings, watercolors, and prose conveys traditions of nurturing in the hospital. (SLD)

Notes that educators often view art as an intellectually shallow, mechanical process. Describes Sir Joshua Reynolds's concept of invention as the intellectual combination of placing the painter's mental picture of actions, expressions, and characters on canvas. Calls for educators to stress intellectual qualities of art in order to develop…

Discusses how art can be used to help teach students about the social factors that accompany the getting and spending of energy. Reviews the social issues that have been reflected in American painting during various historical periods. Reveals a portrait of ever-increasing energy use and its shaping of social institutions. (DMM)

There are five categories of titles of paintings: descriptive, narrative, directive, poetic, and arbitrary. When children title their work they give clues to its intent and challenge the presuppositions that adults may bring to children's art. Titling can expand students' ideas for painting and provide a greater variety of approaches. (CS)

Examines the distinctions and interrelation of the artist's intentions and the viewers' understanding of a work of art by using the work of Vincent van Gogh and relating it to the artist's correspondence about his own work. (JMF)

To the Indian, art is a way of seeing, and the Indian painters of the 1970s have given greater emphasis to the personal nature of seeing than have any Native artists before them. Article discusses recent trends, qualities, and innovations in Indian art and some of the significant Indian artists.