Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 98, No. 122, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 1, 1989 Page: 4 of 8
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• Chickasha Daily Expres
•Tuesday, August 1,1989
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I doubt if you could find a better ex-
ample of this misplaced symbolism
than the burning of a flag. Protesters
usually say they’re protesting govern-
ment leaders or those leaders' poli-
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derful democracy.
And at this stage of my life, I am
increasingly aware that my thinking
sometimes differs from how other
people would like me to think. Per-
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PICASSO. Pablo Les Demoiselles d Avignon 1907. Oil on canvas, 8’ x 78
Collection, The Museum of Modern Art. New York Lillie P. Bliss Bequest
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works of art. .
Unlike some artists. Picasso was strongly interested in
politics. In fact, his most famous painting. ' G rnica (1937),
was inspired by an incident in the Spanish Civil War. Quite a
few of his other works also have political significance.
Many famous artists are characterized by one basic style.
Not so Picasso, who showed an astonishing range of varying
styles. Art critics refer to his blue period, his rose period, his neo-
classical period, etc. He was one of the originators of Cubism. He
also took part in and sometimes anticipated many other new de-
velopments in modern painting. Perhaps no painter in history
has been able to do high quality work in so many diverse man-
ners and styles.
Not all trends in art turn out to have long-term influence-
Although Picasso has been enormously praised during the twen-
tieth century, it is reasonable to ask whether future centuries W ill
continue to have such a high opinion of his work, or whether his
influence is likely to die out fairly soon. Quite plainly, there is no
way of being sure of the answer to that question. However, the
consensus of contemporary art critics is that Picasso s influence
will be important for a long time to come. Obviously though, we
cannot be as certain of the continued importance of Pablo Picasso
as
Picasso's "Les Demoiselles D'Avignon (1907), is often
cited by art historians as the first major Cubist painting
and a milestone in the development of modern art.
98 PABLO PICASSO-
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(Continuing the list of “The 100 - A Ranking Of The Most
Influential Persons In History,"begun on these pages April 5,
by Michael H. Hart.)
Painters have always had to grapple with the general question of
what should be the aim of art. But since the invention of photo-
graphy, the problem has become more obvious and more urgent.
Plainly, there is no longer any point in an artist simply trying to
copy nature, since even the most skilled painter cannot hope to
do that as well as a cheap camera can. For ov er a century, there-
fore, a series of attempts have been made to redefine the function
and scope of painting. In this movement away from purely repre-
sentational art, perhaps the boldest, the most innovative, and the
most influential figure was Pablo Picasso.
Picasso’s art is admired for its imagination, vitality, and sen-
sitivity to the outside world. Picasso was a central figure in the
development of Cubism, and he is also noted for his versatility
and technical ability. He is generally acknowledged to be the
outstanding figure in modern art, and one of the most inventive
and influential artists of all time.
Picasso was perfectly capable of painting realistic pictures
when he felt like it; more frequently, however, he chose to
distort or rearrange the natural appearance of objects. He once
said. "When I want to paint a cup, I will show you that it is
round; but it may be that the general rhythm and construction of
the picture will oblige me to show that roundness as a square.”
Pablo Ruiz y Picasso was born in 1881, in the city of Malaga,
Spain. His father was an artist and art teacher. Pablos talent
developed early, and he was already an excellent painter in his
young teens. In 1904, he settled in Paris, and thereafter lived in
France.
Picasso was an exceptionally prolific artist. During hisextra-
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People’s will defeats a demagogue Flag burners,
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agogue." would also provide us with cialist Party. Y agree with their decision, and I think I m not sure whenIbecam meant
an outstanding example in the person At first, he said, the illicit proceeds Now Andreas Papandreou is nearly President Bush’s call for a constitu- scious that the American nag meant
of Andreas Papandreou, the socialist went to the party. He began making at the end of his political rope. A con- tional amendment outlawing any something so fundamentauz imPon
prime minister who was retired by personal payments to the prime min- servative-communist coalition - flag-besmirching is ill-advised. tant to me. I suspect tne wnoie
the voters on June 18 ister in late 1987. Koskotas claimed, united primarily in its disgust over Either all expression is guaranteed cept was pretty murky until i was
For eight years, he harbored ter- All told, he said, he skimmed in excess the Papandreou scandal — has taken by the Constitution, or none is. With ter------ _
rorists, threatened to close U.S. mill- of $200 million from his bank. power with the promise to cooperate the exception of speech or action that flag-burners took up tne sPon.
tary bases and yammered incessantly Koskotas' downfall — and Papan- just long enough to purge and prose- treads on someone else’s constitution- "" " neu “ em 17
about the evil Americans who were dreou’s crisis _ began in 1987, when cute the guilty. al rights, we can’t go around outlaw-
conspiring to bring him down An ex- respected Greek journalist Elias De- radio station owned by Papan- ing expressions we don’t agree with,
tramarital relationship with a young metracopoulos learned the banker *irda rtyinmediateny denounced Nevertheless, the particular .ex-
woman (now his third wife) and pohti- was regularly entering the United de P rovermment and exhorted pression that the Supreme Court up-
cal corruption finally did him in, but States, despite the fact that he had g tSomobilize and take to the held this time makes me sick. It
he detected some invisible hands ma- been indicted in 1980, while living in J » plndrou himself angrily makes me sick just like any other stu-
nipulating those matters too. New York, on 65 counts of tax fraud. d5 , tAtthe new coalition was pid act that purports to protest one
The scandals that engulfed him, he Demetracopoulos tipped columnist princiDles” and “violates the person or group by desecrating some-
averred, were “a conspiracy aiming Jack Anderson, whose reporters . F... p thing that is sacred to other people as
to hurt Greece." His 20 years in the alerted authorities with their P°Ua well. Usually, the symbol the protest-
United States - he studied at Har- inquiries. Demagogues know how to exploit ers attack means little or nothing to
vard and taught economics at Berke- Koskotas was arrested on the tax popular prejudices, but they don’t al- the actual targets of their ire.
ley _ gave him special insights into fraud charge in a Washington hotel ways know about the popular will. • * -t “---------,J Sind ’
the way the nefarious spies at the CIA room in October 1987, shortly before © 1989 newspaper enterprise assn
work, he told one interviewer he was to join a group of international
“My experience as a Greek politi- visitors scheduled to see President
cian and a North American professor Reagan. The U.S charges against
for a long time, during which I had no- Koskotas were later dismissed, but
table access to the system allows the notoriety sparked press interest
me to say there are groups that play and official investigations in Greece,
their own game " Papandreou said and his fate was sealed.
„ . . c - inoncial It's been somewhat of a mystery
If you can believeaGreekfinanial how Koskotas, a controversial figure
wunderkind named George KoSkops. in Greece in 1987, could slip through M .
however, it wasn t spooks that did Pa- security net with a pocketful of 2k
pandreou in. It was sticky fingers, criminal charges against him and al-
The 35-year-o ld Koskotas hasbeen most make it into the White House. A
in a Massachusetts jail since last No recent State Department reply to an
vember while a judge pondersa inquiry by Sen Quentin Burdick, D-
Greek request for extradition A mer discloses that the president’s
decaderago, he was a low-level officer VisitorShadbeenchosen b-our mis-
at the Bank of Crete. By 1984, he had sions abroad.”
Sinceus ambassador Robert v.
by Jeffrey MeQuain Yen
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scent Hees a dedenesPfornesnt. effect: “Powerful leaders effect many
Use grotto for a cave or an artifi- changes " Ordinarily, however, effect
cial cavern. When it comes to spelling is used as a noun; its use as a verb
errors, never cave in: grotto takes a special effect. o
double t Someone fractious is easily angered
or quarrelsome. In math class, for ex-
Q. Was the flower child of the 1960s ample, fractions can be enough to
a hippie or a hippy? I’ve seen both make anybody fractious.
a nippie or w Intuit ("in-T00-it") senses or knows
spelling is acceptable, by intuition Fortunately, no one needs
Twenty years after Woodstock, how- to have a sixth sense in order to get
ever, I prefer the -ie spelling That intuit.
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Section 89 Hurts Workers,
Burdens Business Owners
Among the many complicat- One example of the unfair-
ed and unfair provisions in the ness of the law is the 80%
1986 Tax Reform law, Section test", which is intended to sim-
_ g9 may take the prize as the plify calculations for small bus
worst. This section was intend- inesses. For a benefit plan to
ed to establish non-discrimi- pass this test, 80% of the lower-
natory rules regarding employee paid employees must participate
tax-exempt life and health insur- Suppose an employer has two
ance benefits. employees, and one employee
Under the new law, employ- chooses to participate. That me-
ers would be required to submit ans that only 50% of lower-paid
their benefit programs to a ser- employees are participants in the
ies of complicated tests designed plan The plan has just failed the
to prove that highly paid em- “80% test"
ployees were not receiving tax- I am an original co-sponsor
free benefits unavailable to other of HR 634 which would repeal
employees. The intention was Section 89, and more than 300
two fold: to make sure that tax- of my colleagues have joined me
payers are not subsidizing forms in this effort. While I favor
of compensation available only repeal of the law, I have also
to well-paid persons and to en- been working closely with my
courage broad coverage of these fellow Representatives who are
important benefits for many trying to modify the present law
more American workers and into a more workable, realistic
their families. statute. House Ways and Means
Unfortunately, Section 89 is Committee Chairman Dan
so complex that smaller busi- Rostenkowski, D-Illinois, and
nesses, many of which can bare- Senate Finance Committee
ly afford to offer benefits to Chairman Lloyd Bentsen, D
their employees, were presented Texas, have both offered
with a nightmare of paperwork, proposals to modify theonew re-
in spite of changes in 1988 quirements of Section 89.
meant to simplify the law and a The course of action to be
two year lead time, the Internal followed should be one which
Revenue Service was unable to promotes and encourages em-
write guidelines for employers ployers to provide health insur-
before the original effective date ance to their employees, not
As small business owners exa- discourage them. Until a satis,
mine the new requirements, factory solution can be found, I
many feel forced to drop will continue my support for
benefits entirely rather than cope outright repeal rather than allow
with the new bureaucratic this disastrous provision to take
burden. effect.
So flag-burners of the world, you
may continue your juvenile, mis-
placed “protests" with no fear of pun-
ishment One thing that flag stands
cept was pretty murky until I was for is your freedom to burn it. But I
way past the age when some of these just wish that the next time you re
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But I do know the realization hit me something that really means some-
in small increments. I remember the thing to the leaders you hate. Burn a
first time I traveled overseas and how copy of “Winning Through Intimida-
overjoyed I was to see the flag flying tion - for example.
above the airport when I got back. think of a symbol
There’s nothing like poor, jam-packed L .. mean something to
socialist countries to make you appre- that wouldrer mnha"With, ask
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point, but I know that, for most of my ® 1989 m"s
adult life, my widening knowledge of
other countries and governments has
put me in awe of what we have ac-
complished in this imperfect but won-
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ordinarily long artistic career, which spanned approximately
three-quarters of a century, he created more then 20,000
separate works of art-an average of over five a week for
seventy-five y ears! For much of that time, his works commanded
a high price, and Picasso therefore became an extremely wealthy
man. He died in Mougins, France, in 1973.
Picasso was an unusually versatile artist. Although primari-
ly a painter, he also created many works of sculpture. In addi-
tion, he designed scenery for ballet; he worked with pottery; and
he left behind large numbers of lithographs, drawings, and other
Jeff Wickham, Circ. Mgr. Tami Butler, Adv. Mgr
Mark Vote, Managing Editor JoAn Wya", Supervisor
Brenda Baker, Office Manager Sukena Fidaali Taibjee, Spotlight Editor
H.S. Caldwell, Press Room Supervisor
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burning a symbol of the men or wom-
JOE en who run the government any more
SPEAR than burning a school letter is an ef-
fective protest against the superin-
tendent or the school board.
What protesters are burning — or
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