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Offer expires Zero Carbs! 198 Lease For Per Month 1 At this Payment 4M409824 Brand New 2004 Volkswagen New Beetle GL Since 1960 Trans Ocean Volkswagen wraps the most genteel and tradition-bound of all the performing arts within the computer- plotted cloak of radically progressive architecture. The sculpture is a parody of that distinctly modern tension, rendered in representational terms. Never mind that the conventional sartorial requirement for a philharmonic orchestra is white tie, not the black tie that this sculpture proposes to cast aside. Amy Vanderbilt is dead, and pedantry is a bore. The Dept.

of Redundancy Dept. knows what doing, and furthermore is doing what it knows. It knows that a Popsculpture by the New York husband-and- wife team of ClaesOldenburg and Coosjevan the OldenBruggens, to simplify is practically a requirement for a Gehry building in L.A. This will be the third example. and joins the giant pair of binoculars at the former in Venice (one of the famous best works) and the toppling stepladder and spilling paint can at Loyola Law School near downtown (among itsworst).

Gehry recommended the OldenBrug- gens for all three projects. Since 1976, erected more than two dozen Pop sculptures in urban settings across the United States and Europe, as well as in Tokyo, and of those seen, misses have outnumbered hits. Manhattan, where the artists live, cannot boast a single large-scale, permanent, site-specific work by the team. Maybe just because New York seem to get a major building erected by the most important American architect of our time. L.A.

might be overrun with major artists, including sculptors of colossal talent who have worked here for decades and built international reputations of the first rankbut who had an opportunity to erect a major sculpture on prime local real estate. But safety counts when redundancy matters: Do not take chances, especially on culture. Stick with the predictable. Certified out-of-town art celebrities are a warm security blanket, because you have to put your own taste on the line and then defend it. Yes, there is irony here.

Gehry was in an identical position when he got the coveted 1988 commission to design Disney Hall local genius, ignored by cultural pooh-bahs locally. His hiring was a miracle that set the town giddily on its ear. Apparently that out-of-character artistic event had long- term consequences for civic self- confidence over at the Music Center. Plus, and is safe because partly pretested. The sculpture is a variation on a dull 1994 piece, commissioned for a sidewalk outside a major bank in Frankfurt, Germany.

(Banks take no more chances than music centers do.) That corporate sculpture did to a traditional business attire dress shirt collar and striped tie what the Disney sculpture plans to do for masculine formal wear: tossit aside. Collar and like much of the work, also gives an inanimate object human attributes. The two ends of a tall striped necktie are flung apart in the air, like acrobatic legs somersaulting in the street. At Disney Hall the wing collar that will do the aerial splits, with the looping bow tie swooping through the middle. Parting legs are a standard feature of the OldenBruggen repertoire.

Creation defines art, and a sexual traittoo. The anthropomorphic aspect of their work typically has an erotic di- mension. The binoculars that hilariously straddle the entrance to the parking garage form a wacky triumphal arch, through which to enter the modern magic kingdom of an advertising agency. But also an automotive Colossus of Roads get to drive between its while the prospect of scrutinizing that view with binoculars generates an eye-popping guffaw. Voluptuous breasts, engorged phalluses and other bodily allusions abound in the Olden- most vivid work, and a 65-foot-tall sex act on the corner of 1stand Grand would sure stop traffic.

Yet the blandly veiled and is unlikely to scare the horses. Thing plus person, inanimate but vital, art object and sex act entendres are a trademark of their approach. earlier, pre-Van Bruggen sculptures were often small articles (electric plug, clothespin, pool balls) made huge, or hard things (telephone, toilet, typewriter) made soft. Linguistically adouble entendre is an indelicate pun, in which a single word can suggest multiple meanings. Pop art is a paradise.

At Disney Concert Hall, a bow might describe a necktie, but also the name of the wooden stick that musicians drag across violin strings. Pronounced another way, bow is what conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and company do at the end of a performance. The bow is also the forward part of a sailing ship, and billowing sails and jibs are stated inspiration for the design of his curvaceous building. Last and probably least, a collar is a band like the philharmonic. and makes achic wisecrack.

Regrettably, gigantic tonnages of steel and fiberglass make bubbly witticisms elephantine. Groaning is not encouraged by the Dept. of Redundancy but an aura of mystery is. The undisclosed cost of the big, privately funded joke out on a public sidewalk is apparently a state secret, ranking right up there with who leaked Valerie identity as an undercover CIA operative. Agenerous Music Center couple is picking up part of the inevitably hefty tab.

The rest is being taken by the J. Paul Getty Trust. (Music Center president Stephen D. Rountree is the former chief operating officer.) Bold commitment to audacious art old or new been much of a priority at the Getty Trust, so a cautious blue-chip project like this is ideal. As a corny sculptural sign for an iconic building that has no need for one, the lackluster and proposal is a classic gambit of the Dept.

of Redundancy Dept. But not its only failing. also a monumental sign of an intractably timid, clubby state of mind. Planning a Pop accessory at Disney Hall Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation TIE SCORE: The artists have done monumental neckwear before: Collar and is in Frankfurt, Germany.

Sculpture, from Page E1 Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (July 19-25) as compiled by Nielsen Media Research. They are based on the average number of people who watched a program from start to finish. Nielsen estimates there are 272.04 million potential viewers in the U.S. age 2 and older. Viewership is listed in millions.

Program Network View- ersProgram Network Viewers 1 CSICBS13.08 2 Without a TraceCBS12.56 3 CSI: MiamiCBS11.48 4 Amazing Race: 5CBS11.10 5 Two and a Half MenCBS10.75 --------------------------------------------6 Everybody Loves Raymond CBS10.69 7 Law OrderNBC10.63 8 Law Order: SVUNBC9.95 9 Cold CaseCBS9.50 10 60 MinutesCBS9.47 --------------------------------------------11 Simple Life 2FOX9.16 12 Big Brother 5 13 Navy NCISCBS8.82 14 Big Brother 5 15 Dateline: NBC --------------------------------------------Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (9 p.m.) ABC8.43 17 60 Minutes IICBS8.36 18 Crossing JordanNBC8.35 19 Law Order: Criminal Intent NBC8.25 20 48 Hours MysteryCBS8.17 --------------------------------------------21 Law Order (9 p.m.)NBC7.58 22 Funniest Home Videos ABC7.54 23 Trading SpousesFOX7.48 24 Two and Half Men 25 Extreme MakeoverABC7.37 --------------------------------------------26 Fear FactorNBC7.34 27 28 Who Wants to Marry My Dad NBC7.11 29 Last Comic Standing 2NBC7.10 30 Stair --------------------------------------------31 King of QueensCBS6.79 32 Most WantedFOX6.77 33 My Wife Kids (8:30 p.m.) ABC6.72 34 Still StandingCBS6.69 35 --------------------------------------------36 on the Orient CBS6.61 37 Las Vegas 38 My Wife KidsABC6.37 39 Yes, DearCBS6.36 Families of TV ABC6.36 --------------------------------------------41 For Love or Money 4NBC6.33 42 QuintupletsFOX6.30 43 That ShowFOX6.29 44 Dateline: NBC 45 Cops (8:30 p.m.)FOX6.14 --------------------------------------------46 According to JimABC6.07 47 Funniest Home Videos ABC5.96 48 Method and RedFOX5.86 49 Law Order: Criminal Intent (Sat.) NBC5.70 50 According to Jim --------------------------------------------51 Less Than PerfectABC5.60 52 Cops (8:10 p.m.)FOX5.39 53 The DaysABC5.38 54 48 Hours InvestigatesCBS5.32 NYPD --------------------------------------------56 George LopezABC5.05 57 My Wife and Kids 58 Big Brother 5 59 The SimpsonsFOX4.92 60 WWE --------------------------------------------61 Last Comic Standing 2 (8 p.m.) NBC4.84 62 Simple Life 2 64 The Drew Carey 65 George Lopez --------------------------------------------66 That Show 67 Without a Trace 68 ERNBC4.56 69 JAGCBS4.55 North ShoreFOX4.55 --------------------------------------------71 Scrubs (8 p.m.)NBC4.47 72 Scrubs (9:30 p.m.)NBC4.44 73 Scrubs (8:30 p.m.)NBC4.30 Next Action StarNBC4.30 75 --------------------------------------------76 Hope FaithABC4.25 77 The Drew Carey Show (9:30 p.m.) ABC4.15 78 Married to the KellysABC4.11 79 Scrubs (9 p.m.)NBC4.10 80 --------------------------------------------81 Joan of ArcadiaCBS3.82 82 Arrested DevelopmentFOX3.77 83 CasinoFOX3.74 84 King of the HillFOX3.63 85 Life With BonnieABC3.57 --------------------------------------------86 SummerlandWB3.51 87 Quintuplets 88 Bernie MacFOX3.44 89 Malcolm in the MiddleFOX3.41 90 The Ultimate Love TestABC3.39 --------------------------------------------91 Amazing Race: 5 92 Quintuplets 93 Reba 9 p.m.)WB3.05 94 Method and Red 95 Grounded for Life (9:30 p.m.) WB2.91 --------------------------------------------96 Reba 8:30 p.m.)WB2.73 Cops (8 p.m.)FOX2.73 98 Reba 8 p.m.)WB2.50 99 The JuryFOX2.31 100 7th HeavenWB2.29 --------------------------------------------101 Half and Half (8:30 p.m.)UPN2.28 102 GirlfriendsUPN2.20 103 Steve Big Time (7:30 p.m.) WB2.18 104 One on OneUPN2.16 105 SmallvilleWB2.13 --------------------------------------------106 What I like About YouWB2.11 107 Gilmore GirlsWB2.10 108 Half and Half (9:30 p.m.)UPN2.06 109 Summerland 110 Smallville (9 p.m.)WB1.99 --------------------------------------------Grounded for Life (8:30 p.m.) WB1.99 112 Next Top Model UPN1.98 113 EveUPN1.96 114 CharmedWB1.93 115 All of UsUPN1.92 --------------------------------------------116 117 Studio 7WB1.65 118 Steve Big TimeWB1.64 119 EnterpriseUPN1.62 120 Studio 7 121 Enterprise (9 p.m.)UPN1.03 Network averages Here is the number of viewers (in millions) that each network averaged per hour of prime time, for last week and for the season. Network Last week Season to date CBS7.9312.18 NBC6.5610.23 ABC5.718.37 FOX5.098.83 UPN2.423.21 WB2.193.37 CBS continued its sizzling summer prime-time ratings streak last week, thanks to strong performances from drama repeats plus the unscripted hit Race: Fox, meanwhile, saw an encouraging premiere for its realityse- ries Spouses: Meet Your New CBS had eight of the top 10 most-watched shows for the week ending July 25, according to figures from Nielsen Media Research. Among them: No.1 Crime Scene (13.1 million total viewers) and No.2 a (12.6 million). Overall, CBS won the week (7.9 million), trailed by NBC (6.6 million), ABC (5.7 million) and Fox (5.1 million). CBS tied with NBC in the adults ages18 to 49 category prized by advertisers, trailed by Fox and ABC.

The top show in the 18-49 demographic was Life followed by Fox also easily won its 8 p.m. time slotTuesday with The WB Network and UPN ran neck and neck in the 18-49 demographic, but UPN narrowly won in total viewers, 2.4 million versus2.2 million. Among basic cable networks, TNT had the most- watched program with its coverage of Nextel Cup on Sunday afternoon (6.8 million viewers). NASCAR coverage was also tops in 18-49. In prime time, the No.1 show was USA limited series (5.5 million).

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