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guns or butter

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Dave

If we eat iron it will make us strong. Political satire of the most biting. But satire by nature accepts and is somewhat complicit in the forces that brought what is being critiqued to the fore. The Dadaism of which … Continue reading →

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the wall street scuffle

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Dave

The man approached the teller and proceeded to undertake his deposit, transfer money to his line of credit and ended his sequence by a request to order cheques, a package of fifty would suffice, but a greater quantity if less … Continue reading →

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the smell of smoke

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Dave

Is art an effective means of dealing with a painful subject; after all, art’s form does not preclude the possibility of subject matter and emotions of the most intense and and appalling nature  leading the aesthetic to serve as basis … Continue reading →

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duchamp’s children: spectacle of the private parts

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Dave

…. Is there still the spiritual in art, the kind of transcending of the sacred/profane dynamic that Kandinsky spoke of? The grip of anti-art within the art world is predominant and intransigent. The argument has been made that post-modern art … Continue reading →

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artistic terror : conceptual cowardice?

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Dave

Is Marcel Duchamp a terrorist? In a figurative sense, a weapon of mass destruction. The super-bomb/dirty bomb alchemical chain reaction where crap is turned into monetary gold. Clearly, with the ready-made, there was an initial anti-hierarchical space of thought, something … Continue reading →

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cut off from the past: and a long way from home

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Dave

There is always much talk of the occult in art,the dark side of modern art, the falsification to no end, the artifice, the signs of horror, the negation of beauty and above all, the inability to love. We can think … Continue reading →

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lenin road show: the neverending tour

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Dave

Rudolf Herz is not exactly a stranger  to controversy regarding his unconventional approach to memory and remembrance. His work often attempts to explore the malevolence that underlines the criticisms directed towards him and certain other artists such as in the … Continue reading →

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alchemy of art: jangling the keys of solomon

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Dave

With secret sound. The liberation of the subjective self. Magic squares and alchemy in art lending hermetic interpretations to deciphering works of art.It was the irresistible  lure of certain of the Magic Squares of the Third Book, and their tendency … Continue reading →

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