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The article focuses on worker's compensation exclusivity issues in California with reference to several cases filed on California. Topics discussed include the employer's liability for workplace injuries under California's workers' compensation system, the California Appellate court case Hernandez v. Chavez Roofing, Inc. and case Coleman v. Silverberg Plumbing Co. that addressed WC coverage for tort damages. It also mentions the employment relationship issues.

Assesses the works of French painter André Masson. Elements used by Masson in his paintings; Characteristics of Masson's paintings; Description of the painting "Le Labyrinthe" made by Masson in 1938.

Features the paintings and stained glass artworks of artist Shirley Jaffe. Details on Jaffe's exhibition at the Mus&eamp;e d'Art Moderne de C&eamp;ret in South of France; Description of Jaffe's painting; Painting style of Jaffe; Information on Jaffe's Perpignan windows.

Examines the works of artist Odilon Redon. Past exhibitions; Revelations in his autobiography; Achievements and awards; Style of coloring.

An interview with French painter André Masson is presented. When asked about his idea of abstraction arising from geometry, he asserts that for him it is confining and one must break it. He admits that he is a racist in terms of art and consider his artwork as a metamorphosis. He states that he admires the artworks of Italian painters and believes that art criticism is important.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including a review by Thomas Meaney of the book "Vanished Kingdoms" in the April 30, 2012 issue, "Of Deserts & Promised Lands" by Samuel Moyn in the March 19, 2012 issue, and "Faces out of the Crowd" by Barry Schwabsky in the March 26, 2012 issue.

The article reports on the attribution of the Alfred Rusell's abstract painting called, La Rue De Nevers, in 1949 which depicts a model of discourse between abstraction and figuration. Rusell has used layers of plane geometry to develop the material reality into a body articulated by numerous and different parts of the painting. The painting has created a conceit of forces in motion whose metaphors yield up their full force as the sum of plastic means through a constructed space.

The article examines the themes and techniques depicted in the works of painter Paul Klee. It claims that Klee's paintings seem to resemble the characteristics of Cubist still life. It likewise adds that Klee, as a Cubist, has successfully completed Cubism abstraction through varying procedures that are based on conceptual art. Moreover, it considers the significance of metaphor and analogy in Klee's paintings.

The article focuses on the approaches used by French painter André Masson in the development of French paintings and in writing on painter Odilon Redon. It also looks at Masson's free drawing and painting matched by his consciousness of subject and literary comparability. Several of Masson's paintings are also shown.

The article profiles painter Ilya Bolotowsky. He was born in Old Russia and had his schooling in Russian, French and English. It details how Bolotowsky's paintings became an integral part of the European-influenced avant-garde scene in the 1930s, and how they were consolidated in the neoplastic style by the late 1940s. The article discusses Bolotwosky's impact on the culture of art in New York City.

The article reviews the art exhibition on Mediaeval Painting at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York on November 20-February 8.

The article offers information on zone painting. According to the authors, zones are small movements on the surface of paintings such as a movement from light to dark. They say that zone painters use odd shaped canvasses to lengthen time and space. They state that pointillism can be used to create equal zones. They also add that the human face can also be used as a zone.

The article reviews the exhibition of painter Richard Chiriani's paintings at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery in New York from March 11 to 30, 1978.