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hannah and her surplus enjoyment
It was always playing around the fringes of the “dark times.” Like carrying matches in a coal mine waiting for the canary to sing. Arendt walked into a Jerusalem courtroom disappointed that the mental case in the glass box was … Continue reading
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Tagged Adolph Eichmann, Dwight MacDonald, Gershom Scholem, Hannah Arendt, Heinrich Blucher, Louis Proyect, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Margarethe von Trotta, Martin Heidegger, Martin Wiebel, Mary McCarthy, Michael Hoover, Slavoj Zizek, Varian Fry Emergency Rescue Committee
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kitsch of genius: the old campaigners
Hard to believe people are willing to invest so deeply in art that is almost bereft of any importance. Strictly a commodity with exchange value? Perhaps. Clement Greenberg was likely too harsh on Repin, although he was correct in questioning … Continue reading
debunking the image
But Greenberg, in 1939, could not have foreseen was that the so-called avant-garde would adot the characteristics of the kitsch art he perceived as being endemically mutable to the forces of totalitariansim. Later, he arrived at a slightly different conclusion, … Continue reading
LENNON: SLUMBERING THROUGH DOUBLE and MULTIPLE FANTASIES
The light came through the window, Straight from the sun above, And so inside my little room There plunged the rays of Love. In streams of light I clearly saw The dust you seldom see, Out of which the Nameless … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Epstein, Dan Graham, David Buxton, Dwight MacDonald, Dwight McDonald, George Melly, Glenn Gass, Herbert J. Gans, Hunter Davis, Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers, John Lennon, Leo Ruth, Nigel Farndale, Philip Norman, Ray Coleman, Scott Thill, Sean O'Hagen Guardian, Todd Gitlin
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THE CELEBRITY OF COMMODITY: Instant Karma of Possession
” Similarly, when Nike introduced a new shoe line “Air Huarache” and wanted to distinguish its sign from those of other shoe lines, Nike adopted John Lennon’s song “Instant Karma” as a starting point for the shoe’s sign value. Nike … Continue reading
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Tagged Annie Leib, Craig McClean, David Reisman, Dwight MacDonald, F.R. Leavis, George Konig, Ian Bogost, John Lennon, John Osborne, John Stratton, Jon Stratton, Karl Marx, Keith Waterhouse, Luc Sante, Mark J. Nelson, Patrick Mignon, Philip Norman, Pierre Bordieu, Robert Goldman, Robert Hilburn, Sean Lennon, Sean O'Hagen Guardian, Stephen Papson, Stuart Hall, Sue Summers, Theodor Adorno, Thomas Frank, Thorstein Veblen, Yoko Ono
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CONTEXTUAL MIND GAMES: “FREE LOVE” or REAL LOVE?
It seems as if John Lennon has been mainly remembered in ways that endorsed his desire and passion for political activism. However, popular culture proves that this was not always the case, since by definition “popular” is a metaphor for the product … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Westall, Brian Epstein, David Kiefaber, Dwight MacDonald, Dwight McDonald, Dwite McDonald, Jaclyn Nardone, John Lennon, Keven Contreras, Sean Lennon, Sean O'Hagen Guardian, Stuart Hall, Thomas Frank, Vicki McClure Davidson, Yoko Ono
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