My first thought on reading the original post was "Picasso's 'Guernica'" I don't think I know of any more powerful -- and political -- work of "static" art. ...
... I'm an energy policy consultant working for a firm out of Cambridge, MA, but living in Vermont. I got onto the artcrit list 10+ years ago to expand my...
... Assyrian palace reliefs and many other plastic works of antiquity retain force and vitality and do convey their original political message, although their...
... Also see Jean Lipman and Richard Marshall, "Art about Art," Dutton Paperbacks, 1978, written to accompany an exhibition of the same name at the Whitney....
Nice to be here, Michael. Hope everyone keeps chiming in. Yes, but two contrary points: At least since Shakespeare's time historical dramas have been staged in...
... Depends on who's doing the looking and painting, and after you factor in the transparent box of style and artifice, which the originators often don't see....
Hey, folks I'm going to toss this out and hope someone has some good info or advice.' I'm trying to get myself up to speed on the state of current works and ...
Recently, I reread Wilhelm Worringer's 1908 essay, "Abstraction and Empathy." In a very short capsule, Worringer says that the familiar art in the Greco-Roman...
a lot of words ... empathy is what, precisely? I ve got a dictionary but there might be use of the word Im not familiar with. Â It sounds to me to be complete...
Hello, all I believe that one of the goals that various kinds of artwork achieve is to offer the witness a form of provisional thinking. The things portrayed...
Well, folks, If you've wondered whether there's an almost unbridgeable divide between the traditional forms of image making (drawing, painting, printmaking)...
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Nice! Thankyou! I may add that to my video arsenal! :) And for those who like to draw, but don't know how to animate and want to, check out ...
This ups the bar on making images. However it makes common what was once incredible. So to soothe my soul - the images I make for myself come first. ...
... Who actually has made this argument? I'm writing something in which I compare the issue to scribal resistance to Gutenbergy. I sure could use some current...
... I don't have a specific source or two. If I find any, I'll drop you a line. I was tapping into what I perceive as a kind of Zeitgeist, a vaguely expressed...
... I first became aware of digital art in the late '60s in a catalog published by IBM that I leafed through in a friend's home. In 1980 I began gathering...
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/the-end-of-polaroid-1791629.html Interesting, kind of melancholy story. But read especially...
A friend introduced me to this site: http://www.vangoghsblog.com/ It consists of Van Gogh's letters, presented in the form of a blog. How cool! Note the...
PMT... back from the breakwater/fishing and hopefully stopped-by the sashimi-shop: despite there clearly being fish-on-hand, there was none (nai; crossed...
PMT... almost 9 a.m. and not seeing much sun... emails to I, J (who's in Morocco! now), D, AJ, DV; I'm usually glad to be away from the internet while on...
... PMT (the athlete has entered another marathon and the girl, ever oblivious to her charms, has decided to attend holding a little "Love" placard)... back...
Banzai Films: for a limited time -- free as I make 'em: sudden/short/small mp4 films loosely based on the japanese tsunami in 2011 -- includes kite-cam...
the continuous cultural bail-outs, conceptual ponzi-schemes, and insider quid-pro-quo ("critical mobility...") are finally coming to a joyously redemptive end;...
