Tag Archives: Emil Nolde

spiritually diseased please

There was a famous line attributed to Walter Benjamin that captures somewhat the problem the Nazi’s had with what they termed “degenerate art,” which lacked the necessary material underpinnings to easily transform itself into unchallenging kitsch. Benjamin’s  “logical result of … Continue reading

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along the watchtower with the bantu prophets

In times of stress, look for the prophets of an earthly paradise…. …The Israelite movement has also been strong in South Africa. About 1910 a native prophet rejected the New testament as a hoax perpetrated by the missionaries, preaching instead … Continue reading

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MATISSE & THE VIOLENCE OF COLOR: Painting Safari

The first “event” in twentieth century  art took place in Paris, regarded as the cultural capital of Western civilization, in 1905.  This exhibition showed the influence of nineteenth century developments of colour and distorted line from artists such as Van Gogh and Gauguin. … Continue reading

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ROUSSEAU & THE COUCH IN THE JUNGLE: Landscape of Hallucination

It’s been said, oversimplistically but sympathetically, that “he didn’t know the rules well enough to break them”. But of course there are no rules in the kingdom of the imagination.He knew he was a babe in the woods of high … Continue reading

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TORMENTED FROM WITHIN & WITHOUT

It was a turning of the tables and an example of fate changing quickly and hinging on a bureaucratic judgement. Emil Nolde ( 1846-1956 ) was an anti-semite and German jingoist. By an ironic turn of history, he got what … Continue reading

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