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He was known more for his narrative story telling than illustrations that seemed secondary. Known more for an ostensibly corrosive pen that satirized and skewered the U.S. Government and the establishment behind it. The tyranny of the majority. Its hard … Continue reading
PICASSO’S REFLEX ANXIETY :2 1/2 Men & Close Encounter of the 3 1/2 Kind
Perhaps more than any other artist, Pablo Picasso depicted the dark side; the Darth Vader of the human psyche, as well as the positive and the beautiful…This departure by Picasso from the so-called “civilized” and classical influences of Western art … Continue reading
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MATISSE: War Years and the Morals of Color
Certainly, the war years seems to bring out some ambiguous behavior on the part of French artists in occupied France. On the one hand, it greatly reduced the competition from foreign sources and citizens not of the “vieux souche” , … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Riding, Andre Derain, Andre Lhote, Charles Camoin, E. Teriade, Georges Duthuit, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Henri Matisse, Hilary Spurling, Hilton Kramer, Jean Laude, John Elderfield, Laura McPhee, Louis Aragon, Louis Vauxcelles, Marshall Petain, Maurice de Vlaminck, Michele C. Cone, Pablo Picasso, Pete Hamill, Richard Eder, Teriade, Teriade Verve Magazine
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MATISSE:Supreme Indifference to Context
During the war years, Matisse lived first in his apartment in Nice and later in a rented villa in the ancient hilltown of Vence, recovering slowly from the abdominal operation of March, 1941, that left him a semi-invalid for the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Riding, Amelie Matisse, Charles Camoin, Hilary Spurling, Jean Laude, Laura McPhee, Lydia Delectorskaya, Maurice de Vlaminck, Michele C. Cone, Michele Leight, Michelle Leight, Pete Hamill, Riva Castleman, Rouveyre, Sacha Guitry
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PICASSO & ANXIETY IN 3D: Me, Myself and Aye Yay
Did Picasso show the hollowness of the everyday objects in his world because he disbelieved them, even as he acknowledged their existence? Although Picasso’s “Demoiselles D’Avignon” is clearly about Picasso’s own desire it is also an expression of his fear?, … Continue reading
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Tagged Donald Kuspit, Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker, Ernst Cassirer, Gertrude Stein, Guillaume Apollinaire, Leo Steinberg, Marquis de Sade, Max Kosloff, Michelle Leight, Pablo Picasso, Paul Cezanne, Pete Hamill, Susan Sontag, Suzanne Langer, William Rubin
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PICASSO HO HUM:The Banality of Evil?
The story of Picasso’s Guernica is in itself a study of myth and of enduring magic….Even Picasso could not a foreseen the impact of Guernica and his own struggles living in occupied France. The political situation forced Picasso into isolation. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Riding, Andre Derain, Andre Lhote, Ernst Junger, Gertrude Stein, Henri Matisse, Jean Bazaire, Jean Du Buffon, Jonathan Jones Guardian, Julien Hervier, Leo Steinberg, Maurice de Vlaminck, Michele C. Cone, Pablo Picasso, Paul Fluard, Pete Hamill, Richard Eder, Robert Luongo
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PICASSO : Distortion and Ruthless attack on GOOD TASTE
Was it just new forms for old feelings? Are new feelings even possible? And were not these forms somehow recycled and repackaged from pre-Christian era civilizations? In any event, the innovations of modern art cannot be explained adequately on formal … Continue reading
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Tagged Christopher Green, Clement Greenberg, Donald Kuspit, Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker, Georges Braque, Gertrude Stein, Henri Matisse, Hilary Spurling, Jacques Emile Blanche, John Canaday, John Golding, Jonathan Jones Guardian, Leo Steinberg, Michelle Leight, Pablo Picasso, Patricia Leighton, Paul Cezanne, Pete Hamill, Robert Luongo, Roger Fry, Tamar Garb, Van Gogh
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