Tag Archives: Mark Jenkins

Cutting Him Loose

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Dave

Funeral processions are an essential element of New Orleans culture, and the impromptu variety in particular — honoring the passing of someone of distinction, especially a musician — are a time-honored tradition in certain neighborhoods, among which are the oldest … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Agnieszka holland, History is made at Night, jazz funeral, Jon Guillaume, Live and let die, Marek Edelman, Mark Jenkins, New Orleans Jazz Funeral, Rofer Moore | Leave a comment

Art of Alienation

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Dave

Does alienation have a predefined or finite limit after which death writes its inevitable postscript? Can it become an all-consuming identity; part of a core genetic makeup? Is victimhood a path forged on the basis of free will, or a … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Bertholt Brecht, Brecht, Felix Nussbaum, Felka Nussbaum, German Expressionism, James Ensor, Mark Jenkins, Van Gogh | Leave a comment

Art of Insurrection and Resurrection

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Dave

On a large grassy square between Karmelicka and Zamenhofa streets, in the centre of Muranow,in Warsaw is the Ghetto Heroes Monument. One of the most desperate battles in human history took place.Nathan Rapaport is the sculptor created the monument and … Continue reading →

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Seraphine & Mystical Inner Visions

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Dave

Hypnotic art. A relationship between an avant-garde art dealer and a visionary cleaning lady. There is a mystery of creativity and the resilience of one woman’s spirit. It is also a marginalized artist and deeply eccentric individual presented as a … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Christian mysticism, Francoise Cloarec, Marcel Provost, Mark Jenkins, mysticism, Persian Art, Picasso, Seraphine, Seraphine de Senlis, Sufism, Van Gogh, Wilhelm Uhde | 4 Comments

Naturalist Art Keeps Its Plants On

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Dave

A collaboration with nature resulting in sculptures with an ecological art narrative. Call it coaxing nature and romancing the stone. Andy Goldsworthy uses nature as his canvas and creates arrangements and composition with materials generally found on the work’s site. Nothing … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Andy Goldsworthy, David Lewinson, Debbie Solomon, Earth Art, Earthworks, Julian Beever, Land Art, Mark Jenkins, Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y. Times, Naturist Art | Leave a comment

Assembled With Your Rhythm Sticks

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Dave

Interesting new piece from Banksy, the British graffiti guru. The elements of the composition show a number of narrative possibilities.The man could be in a prison, or maybe outside a prison or ghetto.Certainly, the idea of cultural compartmentalization is present … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Banksy, Banksy Ikea, Banksy Ikea Croydon, Ian Dury, Ikea, Mark Jenkins, Michael Kesterton | Leave a comment

Illustrating a Fine Art

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Dave

Walt Reed, author of “The Illustrator in America” said that “his pictures are probably more admired – and more imitated – than those of any other current illustrator.” Bernie Fuchs ( 1932-2009 ) created magazine illustrations and advertisements with a unique vibrant style … Continue reading →

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Shangri-La Found North by Northwest

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Dave

A type of hybrid between Gilligan’s Island, Robinson Caruso and The Mosquito Coast; with a dash of the urban angst of Seinfield. Eating Buccaneers is an independent comedy to be released this week.It involves four advertising types—the agency v.p.,the junior … Continue reading →

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Take A Pass On The Mao

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Dave

Hou Bo should never have got the assignment. Aged just 25, she had picked up a camera after stints as a nurse and teaching peasant farmers to read. But the more experienced photographers were in the provinces and could not … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged China, China 60 th Anniversary, China Cultural Revolution, Chinese Shadows, Fringe Report, Hou Bo, Huo Bo, Leni Riefenstahl, Mao Zedong, Mark Jenkins, Ryckmans, Walrus, Xu Xiaobing | Leave a comment

Dylan & Rimbaud: Whose Not There?

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Dave

Should Bob Dylan be considered a songwriter or a poet? Dylan was asked that very question at a press conference in 1965, when he famously said, “I think of myself more as a song-and-dance man.” It is indisputable, though, that … Continue reading →