Tag Archives: Michael Balint

new oldism: away from para-art

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Dave

As a marketing term its not too sexy, a “new old master” lacks the punch and novelty, but it does express a direction for art that reverses the purely conceptual infinity that Marcel Duchamp bestowed on the world with the … Continue reading →

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if our memory serves us well

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Dave

The social delinquent and adolescent rebel as artistic archetype. As long as one keeps rebelling, raging, one guarantees they can never change and grow old. Grow into maturity. It became one of the pathologies of the romantic movement, to die … Continue reading →

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flush hard: we’ve come a long way?

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Dave

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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