Monthly Archives: October 2009

Zombie Art In The Light Of Darkness

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Dave

An artistic confrontation with the undead within a neo-mythic exploration of the ghoulish. An appropriation of the dead; walking, limping, and shambling, the zombie lurches awkwardly towards artistic commodification.The walking undead have been a topic of debate dating back hundreds … Continue reading →

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Chance Encounters In The Snare Of Dreams

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Dave

The weighty dilemma of the artist who must be ”human” in addition to creating. To slay the dragon of abstraction in pursuit of a cause. A mythological figure destined to eternal recurrence. Imagine alienation and despondency as a default setting, … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Modern Art | Tagged Andy Warhol, Aristotle, Donald Kuspit, George Segal, Guy Debord, Jacques Ellul, James Rosenquist, John Sloan, Modern Sculpture, pop art, Robert Henri, Roy Lichtenstein, Sculpture, Sculpture Art, Socrates, The Technological Society | 1 Comment

Art and Misdeameanors

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Dave

”All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may … Continue reading →

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Art of Cognitive Incoherence

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Dave

”An experience, in short, that violates all logic and expectation. The philosopher Soren Kierkegaard wrote that such anomalies produced a profound ‘sensation of the absurd,’ and he wasn’t the only one who took them seriously. Freud, in an essay called “The … Continue reading →

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Environmental Art of a Different Nature

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Dave

”Ive explored plastics and nature in a sort of adulterated, Andy Goldsworthy-way, I suppose, but I think modern man makes his mark in the forests by the plastics he leaves behind. I spent a lot of time hiking in the … Continue reading →

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A Blind Artist In A Dark Room

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Dave

” Confining myself strictly to Nietzsche’s æsthetic, I have been content merely to show that the highest Art, or Ruler Art, and therefore the highest beauty, — in which culture is opposed to natural rudeness, selection to natural chaos, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Anthony M. Ludovici, art metaphysics, de Chirico, Giorgio de Chirico, Lord Bowen, Mark Jenkins, Metaphysics, Nietzsche, Rachel Hoffman, schopenhauer, Spiros Doikos | 1 Comment

Irrationally Metaphysical

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Dave

Giorgio De Chirico ( 1888-1978 ) played with the conventions of painting to unsettling effect, intending to create enigmatic images that bridged the chasm between rationality and metaphysics. Perspective was one of his primary tools for this, and he would … Continue reading →

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Hiding in an iPhone Out Of Fear

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Dave

If there is one emotion that impacts upon men more than any other it is fear. Fear of being seen as feminine or womanly, fear of intimacy, fear of being vulnerable, fear of not being powerful enough, fear of not being … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Amp up before you score, Animal House, College Humour, Facebook, Franz Kafka, Globe and mail, iPhone, iPhone applications, John Belushi, Mark Jenkins, ONN, Pepsi, Pepsico, tabatha Southey, The Onion, Toronto Globe and Mail, Twitter | Leave a comment

Fast Food Fantasy

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Dave

Arby’s commercial where the fast food outlet plays a central role in a husband/wife roleplay fantasy. She dresses as an employee to serve her husband an Arby’s meal. The ad does satire men and their fantasies though there is something unsettling … Continue reading →

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Kermit & Coffee

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Dave

Early Jim Henson from the late 1950′s early 1960′s featuring a primitive version of muppet Kermit The Frog as spokesman for Wilkins Coffee. The expressions and speech synchronizations are well articulated, and insulate the impact of the slapstick violence. An … Continue reading →