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Standing Woman (Heroic Woman) – a 1932 sculpture by Gaston Lachaise – stands in the walkway between Bunche Hall and the Broad Art Center. Columnist Lisa Aubry uses the sculpture to analyze the phenomenon of polarized attitudes toward art, and assert that all interpretations are valid. (Ashley Kenney/Daily Bruin)

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Art to Heart: Students reinterpret Big Bertha to subvert art world&#039;s miasma of elitism - Daily Bruin

Art to Heart: Students reinterpret Big Bertha to subvert art world&#8217;s miasma of elitism

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  Art, the universal language, can transcend space and time to reach a diverse audience. We hear this all the time, but do we truly feel the weight of these words?

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Art to Heart: Students reinterpret Big Bertha to subvert art world’s miasma of elitism

By Lisa Aubry

April 3, 2019 10:35 p.m.