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The Artist Who Was Both Loved and Disdained

Decoder Ring

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The Role of the Artist in Critical Acclaim

"Neiman does not challenge," says Ken Jennings. "What you get are all these little fragments that look like people playing on color television or something." It's this monotonously televisual view of life in the world, he adds. The role of an artist is to see the world warts in all and Neiman didn't see enough warts, writes Jennings.

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