Tag Archives: The Frankfurt School

ballad of barack pumpkinhead

The lost prophet of the Frankfurt School, who was, with hitherto unrevealed redemptive and messianic qualities restore the dream of social justice and economic prosperity for an all regardless of race, creed, or taste. The man who could pull back … Continue reading

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fascination with opposites

….a fascination with opposites. The theory that no quality or trait in art can enjoy an independent existence without being dependent on a contrary. When you look at  George Segal and Meyer  Schapiro its very much a glimpse into the … Continue reading

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the thrift of paradox

Banality is typically North American. It lends itself to kitsch as kind of a general anaesthetic which tends to numb and mute over our differences, which helps us from cutting each others throats, at least in theory. Banality speaks to … Continue reading

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ballad of a thin man with stogie

You, the owners of property are the truly brutish ones, runs the line of ironic implication; we slaves have remained human. Caught between what he expected and what he actually felt, the cultivated German spectator found hmself animated by chronic … Continue reading

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MOON ROCKS & SHAKESPEARE’S SECRET AUTHOR TALKS

This year sees a 25th anniversary re- publication of Margaret Atwood‘s dystopian classic,”The Handmaid’s Tale” about an oppressive America of the future where sexual reproduction is both a eugenics of mind and action. The Handmaids are forced to provide children by proxy … Continue reading

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MARCUSE: ONE DIMENSIONAL MAN= ONE DIMENSIONAL ART

Q. But what of art like that of Beckett, which can’t seem to formulate a positive vision of the future? Marcuse: I think it is precisely the total absence of all false hopes that brings out the depth of the … Continue reading

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MARCUSE & THE POWER OF NEGATIVITY: 2 WRONGS MAKE A BOMB

“Art itself appears as part and force of the tradition which perpetuates that which is, and prevents the realization of that which can and ought to be.” Herbert Marcuse was a study in consistency, even if it was a radical … Continue reading

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