Category Archives: Miscellaneous

uhhmm…ommm…and deceptive bends

American popular culture, true to form, has been able to commercialize and monetize Yoga; disengaging it from its Hindu spiritual roots and transforming it into a leisure past-time and hobby where it is placed on the rack or shelf, and … Continue reading

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dialogue with the self conscious

From another dimension.A jarring formal disorder smoldering from the juxtaposition of the conscious confronting the self-conscious. The work is not readily definable and there is an admittance on his part that his artistic activity is rooted in boredom. … Friedeberg:I … Continue reading

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pataphysics of dead people: recycling the vendors

Advertising does really define our world. In the Western culture of entertainment, advertising assumes the role of both structure and content.We can fake our rage against the machine, but are constantly putting our paws in the cookie jar.  The focus … Continue reading

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hitting like a howitzer…

overdue credit where overdue credit is due…. Art Chantry (art@artcantry.com) Back when sub pop records was still forming, they put together their first full length 12″ record (ep, anyway) and it was for their band, Soundgarden. it was called ‘screaming … Continue reading

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the future is behind us: respeaking

“There is no such thing as coincidence. Only opportunity tempered by experience and fueled by ambition.” ( napier) A selective engagement with irrationality.A narrative of private woe and anguish inserted into the impersonal environment.They appear as neither statement nor question. … Continue reading

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conan quirks: storytelling as fabric of self-definition

Frazetta, the Conan quirks, self-image and psychology… Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) Frank Frazetta died recently. There were so many tributes to the man that I got a little burned out reading about him. Honestly, I have to say I didn’t … Continue reading

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discard after using

the lone gunman theory……. Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com): This is an object. It’s a Time Magazine cover, torn off the rest of the particular issue. It’s been stored in a three-ring binder for nearly 40 years. I found it at … Continue reading

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Fiction of celebrity: somewhere drunk with passion

Dancing with the stars. Celebrity. What price? ……..Celebrity is not the same as being celebrated , but celebrity is often a precondition of being famous.The  concept of celebrity as study in itself, as in being a celebrity,is a modern invention, … Continue reading

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approaching perfection: little spots of hurried slop

Cher and design of the times: utterly awful and utterly perfect. Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): Lately I’ve noticed a lot of Time Magazine covers being displayed in the Facebook™ thread I’ve been reading. A lot of my old pals are displaying … Continue reading

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sacred geometry: mathematics, matrimony & 1.656

Divine proportion and the divine right of kings? The sacred geometry of the ancient philosophers had always fascinated Leonardo Davinci, and interest he shared with other Renaissance artists like Albrecht Durer….. One very famous piece, known as the Mona Lisa, … Continue reading

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