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ther at "The Center" or at "The Periphery;"
artists elect to use NYC as their market-
place or to work totally outside of it. Today's
use of the term "regionalism," in short, re-
flects more options for artists. Hughes did
state, however, that because of the diversity
of their style and of their subject matter
Houston artists do not comprise a school.
Closing by re-stating a concept strongly held
by artists and writers in the 1930s and
1940s, Hughes said that an artist's achieve-
ment of the universal must first be through /15
the local environment or the region.
Saturday morning Lucy Lippard began the
day with her slide lecture entitled "Looking
Around." Lippard has styled herself as the .
voice of the artist outside the mainstream.
She has written feminist art criticism and is
currently writing about artists making politi-
cal statements in their work-especially "
statements about El Salvador and Nicaragua.
Lippard, as did Hughes, briefly discussed
the regionalism espoused by Benton, Wood, 4L
and Curry, as an art movement which had /
elements of natural, progressive goals, and
utopian characteristics. Lippard noted that
while regionalism can be seen as a "back-
water" style of art which often produces
"predictable modernist art," she also feels
that a belief system is needed as a basis for
strong art. She sees alienation and the lack
of ties to a specific region as a problem for
today's artists. Lippard believes there is no
single art audience-no single cultural
group. She stated that in the United States
life and culture are sharply separated, espe-
cially when compared to Central America
where life and culture are seen as one. In
the long run, Lippard views regional schools
as healthy signs of an active and lively culture.
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Johnson, Lucas
The Apparition (La Aparicion)
1981
Acrylic and oil on panel
72" x 48"
Private Collection, HoustonTRENDS / fall 1985
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