Tag Archives: Jean Cocteau

dialogue with the self conscious

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Dave

From another dimension.A jarring formal disorder smoldering from the juxtaposition of the conscious confronting the self-conscious. The work is not readily definable and there is an admittance on his part that his artistic activity is rooted in boredom. … Friedeberg:I … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Andre Breton, gerry morris, Jean Cocteau, jose gonzalez, Martin Buber, Martin Buber Institute for Dialogical Ecology, mathias goeritz, pedro friedeberg | Leave a comment

A springtime massacre: hailing the god of chaos

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Dave

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 →

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LIKE MOURNING COACHES WHEN THE FUNERAL IS DONE

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Dave

Extravagant showmanship, a proclivity toward the taking of calculated risks, and unabashed greed- all salient features of the Venetian way of life- are epitomized in Francesco Guardi’s “Il Ridotto” , which also sums up the decadence of eighteenth-century Venice and … Continue reading →

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PICASSO & IDEALS OF PEACE: Better Red than Fed

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Dave

Pablo Picasso found himself in Paris during World War II. Stranded……. Overall, reading through Matisse’s correspondence with Camoin in La Revue de l’Art (12, 1971) makes me suspect that Matisse’s behavior during Vichy had little to do directly with the … Continue reading →

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MANNERIST GARDEN: Dreams, Spirits and Sacred Wood

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Dave

The Garden of Bomarzo…. The artists that the garden has inspired include Niki de Saint Phalle and the Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali, who incorporated some of its images into his paintings and who was once photographed holding a candle and … Continue reading →

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GARDEN OF EARTHLY FRIGHTS: Mannerist Playground

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Dave

Despite a lack of evidence, one local tale was that Vicino Orsini was a hunchback who created a garden of monsters in order to persuade his wife, Julia Farnese, that deformity held its own mysterious principles of delight. …Over four … Continue reading →

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ART AS HELL IN A HAND-CART: The New Objectivity?

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Dave

“The logical result of Fascism is the introduction of aesthetics into political life.” …”All efforts to render politics aesthetic culminate in one thing: war.” (Walter Benjamin )…”A work of art carries its defence within itself.” ( Jean Cocteau). Entartete Kunst … Continue reading →

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ROUSSEAU & THE COUCH IN THE JUNGLE: Landscape of Hallucination

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Dave

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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DANCE NOW PAY LATER: LIQUIDITY TRAP BALLET

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Dave

The consequences of John Maynard Keynes.He conceived the economic machinery that runs our lives. His brilliant engine, despite overhauls and tune-ups continues to run erratically. Is it the driver or the roads?… Keynes identified the economic importance of animal spirits. … Continue reading →

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BANNING THE CORSET: PANTALOON LIBERATION FRONT

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Dave

Banning the corset and into the harem. Read my Body. “From the idea that the self is not given to us, I think that there is only practical consequence, we have to create ourselves as a work of art.” ( … Continue reading →