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heavin’ hoover
by Art Chantry: this is a classic of paranoid right wing madness. in this book, dear sweet j. edgar hoover (the original g-man and cross-dressing sweetie) sets forth the evidence of a mad commie conspiracy to control our minds (and … Continue reading
design as a dialog of art?
by Art Chantry: this is one of the two-bit books you find all the time in used books stores. they tend to be racked in the “art book” section, or maybe the “hobbies and crafts” or “how to paint” shelves. … Continue reading
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Tagged alexander rodchenko, American Bauhaus Chicago, american graphic design, art chantry, Container Corporation of America CCA, el lissitzky, graphic design, Gyorgi Keepsark Tob, herbert bayer, Herbert Bayer Bauhaus, Herbert Bayer graphic design, Herbert Matter, Leo Lionni, madame pickwick art blog, Madame Picwick, Mey, Milton Glaser, Paul Frand graphic design, Paul Rand, Walter Allner
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cult of the machine: cataclysms of progress
The distinctive beauty of the ugly. Is ornament unhealthy? A crime? Is a suppression of the decorative a necessity in regulating passion? Bauhaus was, in part, a reaction against the sensuality of art nouveau, the decadence of the curves replaced … Continue reading
utopia : bauhaus uber alles?
The Bauhaus as the end of art as a humanizing activity. Not even the marker of Benjamin’s messianic nihilism. Just the nihilism of barbarous anonymity. A lifeless black hole. Maybe, ultimately, Bauhaus is so anti-kitsch it is kitsch. Is the … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged ernst neufert, herbert bayer, joost schmidt, kamprad ikea, Le Corbusier, ludwig karl hilberseimer, Martin Heidegger, Mies van der Rohe, oskar schlemmer, otti berger, peter keler bauhaus, Slavoj Zizek, Susan Sontag, Theodore Dalrymple, tom sachs artist, Tom Wolfe, Walter Benjamin, Walter Gropius
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saint paul : step on the hem of his garment
by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) …the truth as i see it is that that paul rand had the good fortune to be a great arrogant hustler/salesman. he arrived late on the scene, stole from the best of the best (the pioneers … Continue reading
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Tagged alexey brodovitch, american graphic design, art chantry, burt goldblatt, Cal Schenkel, david stone martin, ed big daddy roth, frank zachary, graphic design, harry chester, herbert bayer, jack kirby, Lester Beall, nathan gluck, nike missiles, Paul Rand, paul rand art for industry, ralph steadman, reid miles, reid miles blue note, steve heller, Steven Heller, Terry Gilliam, victor moscoso, westinghouse logo, william golden
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aspen: thinking within a box
Aspen magazine. thinking outside the box.as without from within… by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): This is ASPEN Magazine (issue #4, spring 1967) – the magazine IN A BOX!!!! this is the final issue (so far as i know.) each issue was … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Warhol, angus maclise, art and media blog, art chantry, aspen magazine, don snyder, fluer cowles, frank stella, george lois, gerard malanga, herbert bayer, hetty maclise, ira cohen, Jasper Johns, Jerry Rubin, John Cale, lionel ziprin, Lou Reed, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marshall McLuhan, Peter Max, quentin fiore, Shepard Fairey
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