Tag Archives: Alfred barr

over the waterfall with the wave of the future

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Dave

…throw the baby out with the bath water. Futurism and how to wipe out every vestige of the past. It was a passionate manifesto and a disastrous political counterpart… With the launching of futurism, as R.W. Flint once observed, Marineti … Continue reading →

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taking stock: dividend under the big tent

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Dave

Art and money. It’s a toxic mix. Money values dominate art values and art has to be submissive to doctrine and ideology. Its called playing the game. Patronage has strings attached so that the art itself is a form of … Continue reading →