Tag Archives: Eduard Charlemont

dual core

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Dave

The paintings and art of the Orientalists, including photography, fostered tourism and a fascination with the Orient that shaped and reinforced the Western image of the Orient that is subjectively under the sway of still existing colonial motivations, religious intolerance … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Donald Davidson, Eduard Charlemont, Edward Said, francois molins, H.G. Wells, Jacques Lacan, James Tissot, Jean Genet, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Jean Leon Gerome, John Milton, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mohammed Merah, Rabbi Sandler toulouse, Sam Huntington, Slavoj Zizek, toulouse killings | Leave a comment

carry that weight

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Dave

We are haunted by ghosts of the past, and the manner in which we deal with them either seems irrelevant and non-meaningful or they are invoked, insidiously, appropriating the theme of malevolence in an act of resurrection that is ultimately … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Alain Badiou, Eduard Charlemont, jose villegas painter, jose villegas y cordero, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, madame pickwick art supplies, mohamed merah, Slavoj Zizek, Toulouse killer | Leave a comment

In search of the ubiquitous anecdote for the rank and file

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Dave

To categorize pictures of the Salon type, whether by any subject or criteria, one could belabor each of the many types- the noble peasant, the Oriental, the jolly peasant, melancholy old ladies, religious pictures, the allegories- but in the end … Continue reading →