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Cringe factor zero
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The Independent - London
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December 17, 1996
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It's lovely, darling, but what is it? Well, it might be a cast
of a baby's arm embedded in glass (pounds 920), a willow log basket
(pounds 895) or a full-length boddiced dress that could have come
out of The Sound of Music, except that its computer-generated
embroidery depicts shooting, rape and fighter aircraft (pounds
17,050).
None of these offers shook my belief that the exhibition
"Objects of Our Time" is the place to buy Christmas presents. As
Professor Sir Christopher Frayling, head of cultural history at the
RCA, said when opening it: "Now is the time for the crafts to shed
their cringe factor."
Cringe? Yes, let's get real. Nobody cringes any more at
amputated baby's arms or even ...
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