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Tag Archives: Ben Shahn
c. wright mills: status panic
To C. Wright Mills, the 1950’s caustic critic of America, the twentieth century was the period par excellence of the middle class, which to him had slipped half-consciously into historical prominence without any sense of organized identity, without continuity with … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Shahn, C. Wright Mills, Jack Levine paintings, Max Weber, Thorstein Veblen
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status system: chasing proclivities
…The idea of social class is one of the most useful, and most risky, weapons in the armory of the social scientist. … Once you have assumed that there is such a thing as “class,” proofs of its existence follow … Continue reading
inflation: wandering hands on the tiller
Few would deny that our own political system may also be put seriously at risk by inflation. Every politician, every party, has some cure to sell to the electorate. Everybody promises solutions, but none of them works because the inflationary … Continue reading
don’t croak in the humble abode
…Going through an article on real estate agent ethics and morality; and the lack thereof has resulted in a new clause inserted in the sales contract between vendor and agent. The clause is to certify that no one has died … Continue reading
back to earle
…In his unusual paintings Carroll Cloar set down his memories, an admittance of sentiment, within the private world of childhood in the southern small town where he grew up. He presents images such as a prim ghost in gingham standing … Continue reading
its about ideas: language of graphic design
by Art Chantry: i found this mag and snagged it immediately. i ASSUMED it was an early warhol magazine cover (done for the infamous “draw binky” ‘Famous Artists Correspondence School” magazine partly owned by norman rockwell, no less!) but, when … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged Andy Warhol, art chantry, Ben Shahn, david stone martin, ed fotheringham, Logan, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, mudhoney piece of cake, nathan gluck, nieman marcus, Norman Rockwell, Paul Klee, William Burroughs
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shahn and beall
by Art Chantry: BEAT-UP VINTAGE DUSTJACKET OF THE WEEK AWARD: “‘illustrators ’60” – the annual of the american illustration (1960). design/lester beall, illustration/ben shahn (look real closely). (sorry my photoshop skills are so bad. i almost lost the shahn illustration … Continue reading
revolution on the cutting room floor
Definitely a precursor to today’s political re-mix videos. Passionate agit-pop that incarnated all the hopes and dreams that the socialist project promised. Alvarez’s videos are intense projections that sear the conservative canons of capitalist ideology; the whole market system and … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Ben Shahn, Dziga Vertov, Fabian Society, Fidel Castro, H.G. Wells, John Heartfield, John Steinbeck, lena horne, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, madame pickwick art supplies, Now! Santiago Alvarez, Santiago Alvarez
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there’s plenty of room at the bottom
From the previous post that brought up Harry Saltzman, one of the originators of developing the social realism genre of film. Of course, Saltzman did not operate in a vacuum, but he had an intuitive sense that connected the north … Continue reading
romney care: tax evasives of the leisure clasp
One of the key themes in our ongoing public discourse is taxes. Mitt Romney’s income tax filings and the continuing collateral damage from banker bonuses and bailouts have made this an open sore with the pain shooting to the dark … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged Ben Shahn, Charles White, charles white art, irving norman, jeff wall, john steuart curry, Lloyd Blankfein, Mitt Romney 2012, Paul Krugman, Ralph Ellison, Raphael Soyer, Thomas Hart Benton, Thorstein Veblen, William Wellman
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