The main idea of the U.S. Government's Fulbright scholarships is to help young Americans learn abroad what they can not quite learn at home. In Rome last week, eleven Fulbright art scholars (average age: 30) held a joint show that chiefly showed how eagerly they are pursuing the big idea.
To David Shapiro of Manhattan, the bright Italian sun seemed on fire; he was painting his skies a burning yellow. Sculptor Robert Becker of Far Rockaway, N.Y. was working in black screen, exhibited an abstraction that looked rather like a woman's fancy hat. Others...
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