Tag Archives: Paul Cezanne

malraux and the great beyond: resurrecting the present

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Dave

…Again, Malraux writes of Cezanne: “His genius rejects appearance as much as the sacred arts did: and faced with so many centuries which rejected it in the name of a Truth he does not know- but to which he spectacularly … Continue reading →

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climbing walls: walls and bridges

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Dave

Exposing the racist, sectarian, homophobic, and misogynist characteristics intrinsic to Judaism as patriarchal “activity” used to reinforce the inferior status of women? Or is it just an easy public relations target for the women, who expose themselves to little risk … Continue reading →

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modern forms to human pain

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Dave

His drawings, the line drawings appear so simple. Deceptively so. But at the same time, if one tries to copy them it becomes apparent they are so powerful; surprising that single unbroken lines can create so much. The sheer energy, … Continue reading →

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distortion: good from far but far from good

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Dave

Distortion and fragmentation are the cliches, now almost generic that has come to dominate understanding of the modern figure at a mass level. Maybe it conveys the “creative destruction” of capitalism in its natural habitat? But, do any technical explanations … Continue reading →

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pining for the grey elysium

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Dave

Can an artist be beyond the reach of criticism because they have been so institutionalized and commodified by the taste makers of celebrity? Are we buying the talent, the art or the brand, like the steak and sizzle distinction. The … Continue reading →

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lyric essence: there are no maybes

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Dave

Henri Cartier-Bresson is recognized as one of the great masters of photography. Armed with only a Leica, he strove to capture the fleeting reality of what he called, “the decisive moment.” He employed neither gimmicks of craft nor tricks of … Continue reading →

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old wild men: sandwiches of them

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Dave

See it as a matrix of sensations.Mutable. Unfixed.Unhinged. Something of the child rubbing against the unknown world of the adult. Sometimes we have to go back to reach beyond the future, to be as children, and approach the objects of … Continue reading →

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Voltaire: passing nods from the Dauphine

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Dave

Thievery begins at the top? The right of kings and card sharps. He was unhappy at Versailles. He wrote to Madame Denis complaining that he was bored to death by court society and the conversation of the great. ” I … Continue reading →

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getting no satisfaction: a hollow world going wrong

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Dave

Desire and Disillusion. That technical progress with its transformational capacity could finish by alienating the individual giving rise to consumerism fueled by invidious comparison and a spirit of competition which would appropriate Darwininian contexts to establish political, social and hegemonic … Continue reading →

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poussin: showing your peasant

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Dave

As Mondrian himself and many others have proved, mathematical perfection has a finality which is often fatal to art. That was a danger that threatened Nicolas Poussin. What saved him was the reappearance, around 1650, of a side of his … Continue reading →

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