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men of leisure: rewards of mediocrity
When you read about the number of billionaires in the United States, it is easy to arrive at a judgement that defines Americans as brighter than everyone else and have the cash hoard as evidence. This is balanced by cultural … Continue reading
conceptual pradoxes: mock logical ironies
His paintings are enigmatic, or are they? hermetic, sometimes didactic, not exactly pop art, nor even op-art, nor anti-art. Also enigmatically, they are regarded as some of the most influential works of the post WWII period. Success is the most … Continue reading
brand name incidental relationships
The transformation of beauty into claims of prestige? What if there was no super-wealthy class to cultivate and consume art and hence be able to draw invidious comparisons with their peers? Veblen asserted that wealth display and the splurging of … Continue reading
down the amazon: art jungle
Aesthetics is a very complex issue. But is insolubly linked to economics, taste and design. More profoundly, are aesthetic considerations merely another marker, another sign of decadence. Donald Kuspit’s controversial article on the art market several years ago , written … Continue reading
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Tagged alfred lessing, Andy Warhol, anselm kiefer, Arthur Koestler, Caravaggio, David Geffen, Donald Kuspit, Edward Hopper, Eric Fischl, Ernst Ludwig Kirschner, Francis Bacon, Grandma Moses, Gustav Klimt, henri eugene le sidaner, jeffrey deitch, martin gough, Meyer Schapiro, Norman Rockwell, Pablo Picasso, paul raffaele, Thorstein Veblen, timothy binkley, Warren Buffett
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WHITER SHADES OF PALE
“Ya know, ya know I was wondering if. If you could keep on because…the force, it’s got a lot of power. It makes me feel like…..it makes me feel like…..WOOO! [1st Verse] Lovely Is The Feelin’ Now Fever, Temperatures Risin’ … Continue reading
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