Tag Archives: Joseph Beuys

under their thumb

A long farewell piece from Israeli historian Benny Morris with the backdrop of the Jewish High Holidays and the Obama administration defending its position on Israel. Context is so much; and here its odd to read Morris, a died in … Continue reading

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deep philosophy or conceptual quip?

The greatest philosopher in modern art? Or did the art world make him, artificially construct him into a “readymade” himself, the philosopher who would trash tradition and under the pretext of modernism and the new, engage in the kind of … Continue reading

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the look of culture falling apart

by Art Chantry: i’m no expert on FLUXUS or the main man behind it (“Mr. FLUXUS”), george maciunas. in fact, FLUXUS is even difficult to describe. maciunas called it ‘aganst art’ or something to that affect. the bottom line is … Continue reading

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back to the salon: trititude and tritism

A labored avant-garde, hack mediocrity, tired formula and mixing the sauce on old recipes resulting in a living fabric of life being transposed into a theatrical event? Its possible the avant garde today is decoration catering to mediocre tastes much … Continue reading

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the pain and beauty of it all

Poignant. Heart tugging. Hard to imagine that an immensely talented artist like Edward Landseer, a technical gymnast and stuntman could waste time plumbing the depths of anecdotal gimmick. A weird tryst between feeding increasingly affluent purchasers with the most tacky … Continue reading

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how much is not enough

If you can justify anything in the name of art can you justify almost everything in the name of profit. Or, are these more successful versions, the cream of the millions of small time hustlers and scam artists who lacked … Continue reading

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flush hard: we’ve come a long way?

The cliche that newness has become. Its hard to argue with Donald Kuspit’s assertions on modern art, beginning with Marcel Duchamp’s Ready Mades as a confidence game, with the ready made being a surrogate for the female body. His bases … Continue reading

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artistic terror : conceptual cowardice?

Is Marcel Duchamp a terrorist? In a figurative sense, a weapon of mass destruction. The super-bomb/dirty bomb alchemical chain reaction where crap is turned into monetary gold. Clearly, with the ready-made, there was an initial anti-hierarchical space of thought, something … Continue reading

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muckrakers and culture stakers

The pop culture world. We just have to accept it until it runs its course. And the cycle could be very long until it unravels, like a balance sheet depression or a life long illness or addiction that may take … Continue reading

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grey tones: before the law

…show an unmistakable love of death — a romance with death, indeed, a seduction by death, in which life seems beside the point. The vacuum of feeling. The vacuum of void, of loss, of death. Lifelessness. A broken will to … Continue reading

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