Civilization' is a term used to describe superior accomplishments of certain nations': in fact it's a term which needs taming and modification, Arthur Blech maintains: Toward A New Civilization: Why We Must Tame Our Instincts To Save Our World (1591023505 $26.

Gill Regev-Yochay, * ([dagger]) Ethan Rubinstein, * ([dagger]) Asher Barzilai, * ([dagger]) Yehuda Carmeli, ([dagger][double dagger]) Jacob Kuint, * ([dagger]) Jerome Etienne, ([section]) Mira Blech, * Gill Smollen, * Ayala Maayan-Metzger, * ([dagger]) Azita Leavitt, ([double dagger]) Galia Rahav, * ([dagger]) and Nathan Keller * ([dagger])

On view recently in his first solo show in the United States, Thomas Kiesewetter's untitled blech sculptures are all the more appealing for the baseness of their material.