Monthly Archives: August 2009

Art With 43 Quintillion Permutations

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Dave

Apparently, a scrambled Rubik’s cube can be solved in 26 moves or less and certainly on average, under 55 manipulations of the standard 3x3x3 cube. Invented in 1974, Erno Rubik’s 3d mechanical puzzle has also been the source of an … Continue reading →

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Comfort Paintings & Pragmatic Poetry

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Dave

She was compared to French painter Henri Rousseau and Breughel. It was comfort art. In her paintings there is no despair, unhappiness, or aging, yet this unrealistic view of life is presented with remarkable power. Grandma Moses ( Anna May … Continue reading →

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Leonardo Airborne and Flights of Fancy

Posted on August 25, 2009 by Dave

He was left handed and wrote from left to right. The word in Latin for left is ”Sinister”.  His antagonism towards the Church and their mutual distrust of Leonardo are deep rooted, a Ying and Yang of conservatism vs. creativity. … Continue reading →

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Polka Music & the Bohemian Rhapsody

Posted on August 24, 2009 by Dave

The Recording Academy has decided to de-list Polka music by eliminating the polka album of the year award. Deemed not relevent in the current musical landscape, it nonetheless is a valid and artistic form of musical expression. Much like reggae … Continue reading →

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Blake & The Invisible Republic

Posted on August 23, 2009 by Dave

What musicologist and culture critic Griel Marcus termed  ”the old weird America” , an invisible republic that lingers in the background and is interwoven into the fabric of everyday life. Bob Dylan and The Band’s ‘‘The Basement Tapes” was recorded, … Continue reading →

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Typewriter Sculptures & and the Nouveau Realistes

Posted on August 22, 2009 by Dave

Typewriter sculptures in figurative forms by Jeremy Mayer seem to be complementary to the kinetic art and metamechanics of Swiss artist Jean Tinguely ( 1925-1991 ). Tinguely was part of the ”Nouveau Realisme” which aimed at a reassessment of artistic … Continue reading →

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Woodstock as Commodity Fetish

Posted on August 22, 2009 by Dave

No pretension about social change, art and culture.A certain cynicism for Liberalism. In a way its refreshing to see the detachment from the zeitgeist of the moment, the ”noise” that distracts. Artie Kornfeld was essentially a street-wise Brooklyn boy from … Continue reading →

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Woodstock & The Sanctity of Illusion

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Dave

Whether so called agents of change and ”radicals” of the Woodstock generation were lulled into a state of passiveness and psuedo individualization by pop culture seems probable.The  illusion and reality of Woodstock seemed opposed to each other. A purported attack … Continue reading →

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Isis Cult & The Woodstock Campfire Tapes

Posted on August 20, 2009 by Dave

It was forty years ago today Sergeant Pepper told the band to play…..Did Woodstock change anything? The hyperbole was three days that changed the world at the Woodstock Music And Arts Festival…and the messiah will come again. In retrospect, Woodstock … Continue reading →

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The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon-Monet

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Dave

Houston…Houston do you hear me? He packed an easel, some paint , brushes and a couple canvases before boarding the Apollo 12 spacecraft on a November 1969 mission in which he walked on the lunar surface of the moon. He … Continue reading →

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