Letters to the Editor
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‘Paper Bride’
Regarding “A Marriage of Modern, Traditional: Contemporary Chinese,” Zeng Chuan Xing’s “Paper Bride,” Page 1, March 28, 2006
I looked for a further statement as to the mesmerizing front-page painting in the New York Sun. It is unique and fascinating to this art lover – beyond its delicate beauty.
I see a cultural statement made by the artist: A child bride, wrapped in paper, wearing an expression that could break your heart – as she is being virtually sold into slavery. Whether the artist depicts Chinese culture historically or presently – it speaks magnificently.
NANCY JOYCE JANCOURTZ
Brooklyn
‘Dealing With Disaster’
Regarding “Dealing With Disaster,” Kara Walker at The Met, Lance Esplund, Arts & Letters, March 23, 2006
Congratulations to an art critic who is still capable of pointing to the naked king, where all others seem to have just gotten a new pair of blinds.
It is alarming to see that the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a former bastion of the high arts, is sliding into the contemporary field teetering along on the hands of blue chip galleries and not so blue chip, but nonetheless, powerful critics.
Lance Esplund seems to come into his own, with his clear-eyed critical view, often contrary to the maelstrom of conceptualism.
DAVID STERN
Manhattan
Mr. Stern is a painter.
‘Mayor Bloomberg, M.D.’
Regarding “Mayor Bloomberg, M.D.,” Elizabeth Whelan, Opinion, April 4, 2006
I am not sure why Elizabeth Whelan and the American Council on Science and Health would submit their objections to city administration policy on diabetes management without any reference to the obvious – that the general public, through taxation, is paying for ex post facto therapy of diabetes and pre-diabetes-related illnesses.
The medical and scientific community she represents exacts strict compliance to rigor in their research and demands comprehensive coverage of issues on which it must take positions.
Private payers have long instituted restrictions on benefits to members based on life style preferences (tobacco, alcohol, cardiovascular risk, etc.).
It is only natural that public payers will want to have similar influence on behaviors that lead to exponential increases in tax funded medical costs.
Indeed, in our free society, I don’t see how else such costs will be brought under control – with a desirable, health-enhanced outcome for beneficiaries.
JAMES C. SWAYZEE
Manhattan
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