Tag Archives: Roger Scruton

inanimate itch for the kitsch: real men don’t eat kitsch?

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Dave

Modernist culture is simply not animated by eternal values of the purity of art and abstract truth. Like the dinosaur it failed to adapt and we tossed the baby out with the bath water. Not surprisingly, Walter Benjamin said that … Continue reading →

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distorting the tragic flaws

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Dave

Otto Dix has been said to be primarily a critic of capitalism, and secondly an artist who expressed this view through painting. Although its questionable, and even debatable whether the classic capitalism of the industrial era still exists; its underlying … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Barbara Sukowa, Carl Jung, Devin Z. Shaw, Edward Bernays, Edward D. Bernays, Guy Debord, Howard Zinn, Jeff Koons, Josef von Sternberg, Lucy Lippard, Mark Vallen, Martin Knelman, Max Beckmann, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Roger Scruton, Steve Jacobson, Walter Benjamin, Walter Lippmann, Werner Fassbinder | Leave a comment

distorting mirrors: freaks of mechanical reincarnation

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Dave

Was Otto Dix first and foremost a critic of capitalism? A critic through the bias of the industrial/military/cultural complex that was the beast carrying the burden of material comfort for the lambs. He made sermons without preaching and an artistic … Continue reading →