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grammatical fears? try the fold-in method
The phrases “literary inhibitions” and “grammatical fears” are revealing as a sort of post-modern aesthetic that had their roots particularly in the jargon and anti-language of the Beat poets and writing as a performance art. in their crude way they … Continue reading
lost generation: secret wound
The image and the shadow of Ernest Hemingway. What psychic jackals stalked the dazzling public persona? … Of course, the real importance of the Hemingway image has been its effect on literary history. it appeared at exactly the right time: … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Madame Pickwick Weekend
Tagged Carlos Baker biographer, Edmund Wilson, Ernest Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway image, F.Scott Fitgerald, Gertrude Stein, Hart Crane, John Dos Passos, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, The Lost generation of writers, William Faulkner
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12 tribes: piety to paris
Chagall was always caught in the proverbial rock and a hard place: a conflict between an attachment to Judaism, that tug of history and tradition and between the modernist, secular context in large part atheistic in nature. Artistically, he may … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged Andre Sauret, Charles Marq, Clement Greenberg, George Braziller, Gertrude Stein, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Julien Cain, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marc Chagall, Marc Chagall stained glass
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modern forms to human pain
His drawings, the line drawings appear so simple. Deceptively so. But at the same time, if one tries to copy them it becomes apparent they are so powerful; surprising that single unbroken lines can create so much. The sheer energy, … Continue reading
max has wings
Its such a weird story and Picasso was such a cowardly figure. The myth of the great resistor is bunk. How di he get to paint so prodigiously during the war with the finest materials available? Max Jacob knew the … Continue reading
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Tagged alan dixon, amedeo modigliani, Arno Breker, brasillach, dan frank, gabriel aghion, Gertrude Stein, Hilton Kramer, irene nemirovsky, Jean Cocteau, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, madame pickwick art supplies, Marc Bloch, marcel ophuls, Max Jacob, Pablo Picasso, patricia sustrac, Robert Desnos, ward houser
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distortion: good from far but far from good
Distortion and fragmentation are the cliches, now almost generic that has come to dominate understanding of the modern figure at a mass level. Maybe it conveys the “creative destruction” of capitalism in its natural habitat? But, do any technical explanations … Continue reading
spearheading
by Jesse Marinoff Reyes (Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) Spearhead New Directions, 1947 Design: Alvin Lustig Spearhead was an anthology of the best of the New Directions annuals published between 1936-46 and from other sources. It was meant to … Continue reading
modernist garden: flowers of evil
In retracing the steps of Charles Baudelaire’s Paris, Walter Benjamin also arrived at a similar conclusion with respect to modernism’s influence on society. The flaneur, the urban dweller; this persona lead Benjamin to remark that the prostitute is the only … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word
Tagged anthony taafe, Audrey Hepburn, Brooke Shields, Camille Claudel, Charles Baudelaire, dakota fine, e.j. bellocq, Ezra Pound, frank budgen, Gertrude Stein, gwen john, H.G. Wells, James Joyce, jeff jetton, keith carradine, Lady Gaga, larry flynt, Louis Malle, Noam Chomsky, Pablo Picasso, Walter Benjamin, Wyndham Lewis
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A springtime massacre: hailing the god of chaos
Can pagans on a stage make pagans of the viewers? What happens when a percussive and intense style is matched with irregular rhythms and instruments pushed to the brink of their capabilities? Igor Stravinky’s revival of an ancient blood rite … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Music/Composition/Performance
Tagged Alice B. Toklas, Beethoven, edward green, Eli Siegel, Gertrude Stein, igor stravinsky, Jean Cocteau, Marcel Proust, Nijinsky, robert christgau, Sergei Diaghliev, Stravinsky, valentine gross hugo
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FARMVILLE GOTH: PATRIOTS WITH PITCHFORKS
It does require a bit of inspiration to gain a full perspective on how Grant Wood’s “American Gothic” evolved from iconoclasm to icon and then off the edge into parody. Some have even asserted that ”American Gothic” ranks in importance … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged Bruce Thiher, Carl Van Vechten, Christopher Morley, Gertrude Stein, Gordon Parks, Grant Wood, Grant Wood American Gothic, Jan van Eyck, Janet Haven, Jonathan Jones Guardian, Melissa Gray, Mia Fineman, Paris Hilton, R. Tripp Evans, Sherwood Anderson, Sinnclair Lewis, Susan Stamberg, Terry Pitts, Thomas Hart Benton
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