2007 - Page 476 of 521 - The Santa Barbara Independent

Arts & Entertainment By Beth Taylor-Schott

And Tamayo Makes Four

Tamayo: A Modern Icon Reinterpreted, opening at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art on Saturday, February 17, represents a triumph against odds and expectations. Due to his complex and sometimes adversarial role within the culture of Mexican art, Rufino Tamayo was the last of the great 20th-century Mexican artists to achieve his rightful place in the international pantheon. This show, and its accompanying catalogue, both of which were created here in Santa Barbara by SBMA curator Diana C. du Pont, will provide a compelling new account of how it was that this happened. Until very recently, historians of 20th-century Mexican art tended to speak of the “Three Great Ones.” Well, now there are four.

By Indy Staff

100%

100% The percentage increase in New Orleans’s population during the weekend prior to Mardi Gras. source: Mardigras.com

By Nick Welsh

Changing Course

Capps Accuses Bush of ‘Taking Incompetence to New Heights’

Now that her party controls Congress, Representative Lois Capps wasted little time shedding her reputation as a rhetorical wallflower during last week’s lengthy congressional debate on a nonbinding resolution opposing an increase in the number of troops deployed to Iraq.

By Beth Taylor-Schott

Happily Ever After

New Paintings by Linda Saccoccio. At Caruso-Woods Contemporary Art Gallery. Shows through February 28.

A fanciful tale about the origins of Linda Saccoccio’s paintings might go something like this:
Once upon a time, three sisters lived in a house with walls covered with bare paper. The first sister proceeded to embellish the walls with straight, vertical stripes of varying widths. In each room, she used one or two primary colors, and then at times she would include hues that were not primary at all but sang when placed against the others.

News By Indy Staff

Citizen’s Alert

Sat., Feb. 17
Secular Students: Ryan Langley, campus organizer for Secular Students of Southern California, will be speaking about academic movements to counter the religious right at SBCC’s Fe Bland Auditorium at 3 p.m. For more information, email chairman@santabarbarahumanists.org.

Uncategorized By Indy Staff

Golden Years

Venus

Peter O’Toole, Jodie Whittaker, and Leslie Phillips star in a film
written by Hanif Kureishi and directed by Roger Michell.
In the movies, May-December romances or flings are a recurring theme, often fueling the male fantasy machine. With Venus, though, the genre gets a goosing.

Bottles & Barrels By Sao Anash

Winter Wine

It’s been damn cold lately. The other night, it got down to 14 degrees here in Santa Ynez. It’s the kind of cold that chills one’s blood and bones. Whenever there’s a real cold snap, I reach for a good vintage port. Now, I’m not suggesting this will keep you warm and safe throughout winter. Blankets, healthful food, and heat are the best remedy for that.

Opinion By Barney Brantingham

Year: 2007