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Bonin Islands
Bonin Islands , Jap. Ogasawara-gunto, volcanic island group, c.40 sq mi (100 sq km), in the W Pacific Ocean, c.500 mi (800 km) S of Tokyo; part of Tokyo prefecture, Japan. The largest and principal island is Chichi (formerly Peel Island), c.10 sq mi (30 sq km), the site of Omura, the capital of... Read more |
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Battle of Iwo Jima 1945
Iwo Jima, Battle of (1945).When the Joint Chiefs of Staff directed the Pacific Fleet commander, Adm. Chester Nimitz, to occupy an island in the Bonin volcano group during the western Pacific campaign in World War II, the only island of significance was Iwo Jima. Early in 1945, Japanese fighter... Read more |
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Willis Hall
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Willie wagtail
Rhipidura leucophrys (willie wagtail) See MUSCICAPIDAE.... Read more |
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Alexander Dubcek
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Alexander Glazunov
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Alexander Young
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Fanny Fern (American writer)
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Alexander McQueen
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Alexander Wheelock Thayer
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Willie Doherty: Alexander and Bonin.
In Willie Doherty's new video PASSAGE (all works 2006...what we are witnessing. An awareness of Doherty's specific and long-standing concern...most often foreboding, atmosphere (Doherty's 2004 show at the gallery was titled... |
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Willie Doherty: Alexander and Bonin.(New York)
...more. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Willie Doherty's NON-SPECIFIC THREAT, 2004...am the face of evil." Here, Doherty presents us with a real individual...and matching us move for move. Doherty is a native of the Northern Irish... |
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Willie Doherty
NEW YORK Willie Doherty ALEXANDER AND BONIN In Willie Doherty's new video PASSAGE (all works 2006), two young men stride determinedly along a riKidside path at night, apparently heading toward each other. Silent and grim-faced, ... |
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WILLIE DOHERTY
WILLIE DOHERTY ALEXANDER AND BONIN "You think you know me. I am unknowable." The male voice is...for us to infer a contemporary urban context but little more. Willie Doherty's NON-SPECIFIC THREAT, 2004, is a simple ... |
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"NoWhere." (Louisiana Museum)
...including works by Francis Bacon, Alexander Calder, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol...power placed next to Cosima von Bonin's disturbing knitted quilt Untitled...1995, before the trip takes us to Willie Doherty's description of conflict in... |