And, this being France, the festival will also host several weighty round-table debates on subjects such as the meaning of the new art and its sociological implications.

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Yet I am still forced to admit that he raised a valid question about the purpose and meaning of art.

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From his efforts was born the term studio glass meaning glass art rather than utilitarian objects a child of the 1960s that became a huge commercial success by the 1980s.

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Some college students are reported to be saying I subprimed that exam, meaning to have bombed it - the term of art in my college days.

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