Sentence examples for splendid playground from inspiring English sources
Color is taking it easy at the start of the Guggenheim Museum's "Gutai: Splendid Playground," a mind-shifting exhibition about Japan's best-known postwar art movement.
In a season when New York's major museums seem excessively preoccupied with art from the previous century, "Gutai: Splendid Playground" is a breath of fresh air.
"Gutai: Splendid Playground" is the first large, in-depth exhibition devoted to Gutai and the first to thoroughly cover its panoply of mediums.
In advance of two exhibitions — "Tokyo 1955-1970" at MoMA starting in November, and "Gutai: Splendid Playground" beginning in February at the Guggenheim — it signals an overdue exploration of Japanese postwar culture.
(Rosenberg) ★ Guggenheim Museum: 'Gutai: Splendid Playground' (through May 8) The first large, in-depth examination of Japan's best-known postwar art movement is a mind-shifting event that brings together all the mediums it encompassed, brilliantly interwoven.
(Cotter) ★ Guggenheim Museum: 'Gutai: Splendid Playground' (through May 8) The first large, in-depth examination of Japan's best-known postwar art movement is a mind-shifting event that brings together all the mediums it encompassed, brilliantly interwoven.
The playground was, by all accounts, splendid: as well as gymnasium-style bars, there were bathing pools for boys and girls; and, in a touch that the current parks administration might consider emulating, rocking chairs were provided for mothers with infants.
The premise of this Gob Squad production is splendid, but the ramshackle execution rarely feels more revelatory than an hour at the playground.
