Tag Archives: Hans Haacke

taking stock: dividend under the big tent

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Dave

Art and money. It’s a toxic mix. Money values dominate art values and art has to be submissive to doctrine and ideology. Its called playing the game. Patronage has strings attached so that the art itself is a form of … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Alfred barr, Andre Breton, Charles Saatchi, Georges Seurat, Guy Debord, Hans Haacke, john a. walker, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, madame pickwick art supplies, Marcel Duchamp, pierre bourdieu, rita hatton, Saatchi Collection | Leave a comment

memory and remembrance: disrupting comfortable convention

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Dave

Artist Steve Reich and his recording label Nonesuch have been raked over the proverbial coals this past week since previewing artwork for Reich’s WTC 9/11 recording by the Kronos Quartet. It depicts the second plane going into WTC based on … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Madame Pickwick Weekend, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Andy Warhol, beate passow, blalla w. hallmann, boris lurie, Donald Kuspit, Hans Haacke, masatomo kuriya, Raul Hilberg, richard kazis, sam goodman, sam goodman sculpture, Steve Reich, Walter Benjamin | Leave a comment

SEURAT: Quest For The Redemption Of MATTER

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Dave

Studies of Georges Seurat have usually focused on the subject matter; but there can be little doubt that the painter himself nailed his flag firmly to the mast of technical innovation. Technique was, as he wrote to his friend, the … Continue reading →