The Literature Network - Still Wilde about Oscar Oscar Wilde's genius was to be ahead of his time even in his interior decoration. And in the centenary year of his death, exhibition curators are queuing up to demonstrate the fact.

Still Wilde about Oscar Oscar Wilde's genius was to be ahead of his time even in his interior decoration. And in the centenary year of his death, exhibition curators are queuing up to demonstrate the fact.

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From: Evening Standard - London
Date: 20000608
Author:EDWARD MARRIOTT

OSCAR Wilde's problem is that we know him too well: the centre- parting, voluminous necktie, witty bons mots, the dramatic genius, doomed homosexuality and ignominious end.

And, because of his diverse talents, he has become a figurehead for an equally varied group of followers: to gay-rights campaigners the first true martyr, to fops everywhere a sartorial lodestone, to interior decorators the pioneering visionary genius of minimalism.

Wilde died 100 years ago this year, and the centenary promises to bring another flurry of eager appropriations.

Three major London exhibitions are ...

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Still Wilde about Oscar Oscar Wilde's genius was to be ahead of his time even in his interior decoration. And in the centenary year of his death, exhibition curators are queuing up to demonstrate the fact.

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