The characters are interested in erasing art or making conceptual work that defies practicality.
But there is one aspect of classroom work that defies easy siliconization: the exam.
During this same period Marc Chagall began his lifelong pursuit of poetic, whimsical paintings based on his own personal mythology, work that defies classification within any one group or trend.
The theater, which is in Long Island City and supports "work that defies easy categorization," is also presenting "Play By Ear," by the mime Rob List; "There There" by Kristen Kosmas, which is loosely about Chekhov and the actor Christopher Walken; and "Ich, Kürbisgeist," by Big Dance Theater and Sibyl Kempson, which is described as "an olde tyme agricultural revenge play for Halloween".
But her neglect also raises an awkward question: Was Ms. Bursztyn overlooked for a lack of talent or was it because she was out on her own making original work that defied reigning art world fashions?
As with any group show, there are also works that defy categorization.
When her 19-member Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra appears at New York's Jazz at Lincoln Centre later this month, the audience can expect to hear works that defy categorisation.
Among his 53 volumes – including novels, short stories, plays, children's fiction, poetry, travel books, drama, memoirs and criticism – there are works that defy classification.
His experience bore fruit in the 1854 publication of his literary masterpiece Walden, a work that almost defies categorization: it is a work of narrative prose which often soars to poetic heights, combining philosophical speculation with close observation of a concrete place.
