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fanon: stoking the flames of freedom
Frantz Fanon and the Wretched of the Earth. A prophet scorned. Fifty years after Frantz Fanon’s death, there is still an audience for this theorist of revolution. Question is, are the ideas relevant in an era of post-modernism?… …But prophets … Continue reading
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Tagged angela davis, Bobby Seale, Eldridge Cleaver, Fanon Wrtetched of the Earth, Frantz Fanon, franz fanon, Hannah Arendt, Huey Newton, Jean Genet, Jean Genet Black Panthers, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Robert Fulford, Slavoj Zizek, The Black Panther Movement
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fanon: learning that praise was suspect
Frantz Fanon: the prophet scorned. Belonging in neither of his adopted countries, this theorist of revolution- dead for the past fifty years, ended up finding audiences in unexpected quarters… The two elder brothers followed their father into the French civil … Continue reading
fallen angels: sweet black angels
Christianity was no stranger to the representation of fallen angels. The traditional image of Satan was established by Duccio di Buoninsegna’s Temptation of Christ. After this work, it passed into the realm of convention whereby devils were almost invariably given … Continue reading
angie is watching you
by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) over the last month, i’ve seen FB blogs celebrate black history month by posting images of endless magazine covers with pictures of beautiful black women on them. so, since this is the new ‘clever’, i … Continue reading
genet: love comes in spurts
.Masks. Mirrors. Symbols. Rituals, dreams and trances… Jean Genet’s The Blacks is constructed of two simultaneous plays within the play, one performed on stage, the other out in the wings. When the lights come up, several couples are discovered turning … Continue reading
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Tagged Allen Ginsberg, angela davis, Edmund White, hadrien laroche, Hannah Arendt, jane fonda, Jean Paul Sartre, jessica mitford, Ken Kesey, Leo Bersani, Leonor fini, martin kramer, Michael McClure, Michel Foucault, steven maynard, steven mayrand, tom hayden
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televise it: we’re all actors in this
The Revolution will continue after this short commercial break from our sponsors… At one time it would have been hard to imagine that “authenticity” could be used to sell almost any product or service. The ingenuity of the American marketing … Continue reading
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Tagged angela davis, Bell Hooks, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gil Scott-Heron, helen jackson lee, imani perry, Jean Baudrillard, joseph heath, Ken Kesey, mark anthony neal, norman kelley, public enemy, Ronald Reagan, sharon patricia holland, Soren Kierkegaard, Theodor Adorno, thomas frank the baffler
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most wanted: america’s got talent
Most wanted posters. An aesthetic of crime ?….. Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): Angela Davis still has my vote for the best ‘fro of all time. Man, look at this wanted poster! That is the flat-out coolest mug shot ever! I have … Continue reading
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