The Bechers' precise looking was a model of ethical rigor.
"Though it's a precise look, it's not too regimented.
It was all a terrible reality, so precise looking was not a widespread impulse".
'It's quite painterly and graphic," explains Garland, who used an artist's brush to create the precise look.
Of course, artful imprecision is just as difficult to pull off as a precise look that is still of its time.
The former appeals to him for its "precise look at people, things or situations; there's no ornament, no dramatic light-setting.
All of which raises some interesting prospects for expanding these kinds of studies into the field of trading and banking for a more precise look at the neural goings-on behind some of our more spectacular financial failures.
Today, from Alber to Zoz, the walls of the Whitney are covered with squares, circles, diamond shapes, vertical lines horizontal lines, grids, emblems, color chromatics, shaped canvases, inlaid cutouts, one-color paintings, all sharing the precise look of works produced throug rationally controlled processes.
But like "Entourage," which just ended its eighth and final season, the show's success lies not only in the plot twists or character development, but also in its ability to capture the precise look and feel of a rarefied world: in this case, the downtown New York cool-kid world of 2011.
For a more precise look inside a dismantled iPhone, check out ThinkSecret's 49 pictures of gadget guts.
