It was an exhibition of precisely the sort of farcical sanctimoniousness that Moore later decried as a sign that the left was becoming insular to the point of self-parody.
The event had been moved from its usual venue, the Hall of St George in the Kremlin, to the Manezh exhibition hall, precisely to allow for massive video screens and an expanded audience.
A capacity crowd at Place d'Accueil participated in the atomic clock-controlled countdown that ended when the exhibition opened precisely at 9 30 a.m.
In other words, if "our way of seeing behind the wheel" leaves so much to be desired, why organize the exhibition around precisely that view?
The songs in the exhibition are controversial precisely because copyright owners have claimed that other artists are stealing their work by sampling it, Ms. McLaren said.
Mr. Allen, whose collection is on display through Feb. 12, suggested that the attention on the exhibition was fueled precisely by the suppressed nature of the subject of lynching.
"This is why the exhibition is so important: Precisely because of this," said Martin Roth, director of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, referring to the tension.
Such scrutiny is precisely what the exhibition is about, and the results will surprise "Jatte" fans.
That may sound like a digression into the affairs of the Labour party, but it applies precisely to this exhibition.
If you want more, you can go to both the Barbican's catalogue, which doesn't precisely match the exhibition, and Redstone's new book Shooting Space, which concentrates on photographs of new buildings in this century.
