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Tag Archives: Consumerism
…and now we’re called consumers
Design is a language, drawing is a picture… by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com ) there was a time when advertising didn’t talk down to the customer (before we were called ‘consumers’). there was a time when ads were smart and … Continue reading
button up: getting some notions
by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) THE notions section of your drug/hardware/grocery store is a place barely anyone ventures any more. that’s the little section where you find things like scissors and thread and replacement zippers and hooks and buttons and … Continue reading
hallmark of a fake authenticity
There are just some things more important than money. That may be a heresy in America, but its truth… Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com ): A while back I wrote about ‘fake psych’ (or as i like to call it, “hallmark … Continue reading
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Tagged Ang Lee, art blog, art chantry, Consumerism, fake authenticity, hallmark psychedelic, joseph heath, Joshua Glenn, mercedes hippie commercial, psychedelic graphic design, saiman chow, samuel z. arkoff, Taking Woodstock, Thomas Frank, thomas frank the baffler, Thomas Gainsborough, volkswagen beetle hippie commercial
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muse without meals : manna and madness
The timeless stereotype of the mad artist dies hard. But, sometimes there are a few kernels of truth within the myth, or enough examples to sustain it. It seems axiomatic to state that artists have always, with certain exceptions, been … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged Cindy Sherman, Consumerism, consumerist society, Damien Hirst, daniel celentano, Franz Kafka, gene kelly, Guy Debord, hans abbing, harry hopkins, Jeff Koons, Joan Miro, Jonathan Jones Guardian, kafka the hunger artist, kathleen powers erickson, Paul Gauguin, Richard Prince, sherry stern, starving artists, Vincent Van Gogh, Walter Benjamin, wilfred arnold
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culture jamming lineup at the cash
Is culture jamming a trademark? A commodity that is more in the domain of an Adbusters and Naomi Klein and Michael Moore and perhaps even Noam Chomsky as popular tastemakers? I doubt Naomi Klein is going to be seen in … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media
Tagged Adbusters, Arthur Miller, bill schmalz, Consumerism, Culture Jamming, Grace Lee Boggs, Jean Jacques Rousseau, John Stuart Mill, kalle lasn, Michael Moore, Naomi Klein, Noam Chomsky, pierre bourdieu, Ron English, Shepard Fairey, Thomas Frank, thomas frank the baffler, Walter Benjamin
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