Tag Archives: Modern Art

doing battle with the muse: not a-mused

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Dave

Is it intrinsic to modern art in general, a kind of withdrawal into a space, a locus of narcissistic preoccupation and obligation? A space where fear of the object leads to mistreatment of it. The aggressive and destructive impulses, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marcel Duchamp, melanie bonajo, Modern Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Nazis degenerate art, Pablo Picasso, willem de Kooning | Leave a comment

doctor’s orders

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Dave

Vincent Van Gogh’s Portrait of Dr. Gachet captures the resignation and despair that characterized his last physician. Gachet touches a sprig of foxglove- a medicinal herb symbolic of his profession- and stares with devastating pathos into the void. The doctor’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Donald Kuspit, Modern Art, saito van gogh, van gogh death, van gogh dr. gachet, Vincent Van Gogh | Leave a comment

Do-Ho Suh & Instant Karma

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Dave

”Dreams are today’s answers to tomorrow’s questions”,said Edgar Cayce.Dubbed the sleeping prophet, Cayce was in fact an interpreter of the dream state of consciousness. Cayce believed in the law of cause and effect. He suggested that in the process of … Continue reading →