Tag Archives: Brancusi

just a bad patch: calling perfection into question

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Dave

Back to the nude. Sort of. After the classic honeymoon period of art history, came the quarrels and separation. Somehow, it can never quite be patched up and made new like the good ole’ days. Face it, after several millennia … Continue reading →

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modigliani: mad, bad but a light burning bright

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Dave

Very interesting take on a comparison between Modigliani and Picasso by Donald Kuspit. The point of  departure could be Nietzsche’s oft-cited quote that “god is dead” and with him the head of morality also fell from the guillotine into the … Continue reading →

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giants: part metal packets

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Dave

Apparently, size does matter.They are giants. twelve feet high; a haunting reminder of the ancient nephilim said to have wandered the earth in a remote past. But these are mythological monsters transformed into autonomous  structures that do feed a certain … Continue reading →

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ECSTASY OF GEOMETRY: READING BETWEEN THE LINES

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Dave

What was the nature of the quest that moved the Dutch painter Piet Mondrian (1872–1944) to abandon the representation of nature in favor of an art of pure abstraction? What, exactly, did Mondrian believe that he had achieved? In any … Continue reading →

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