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Tag Archives: Enrico Donati
shelter of a “false face”
In our own puerile way we sometimes take sanctuary behind impenetrable eyeglasses. For years, old and young have been wearing dark spectacles at all waking hours and in the gloomiest of places. And there are always men who rediscover another … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Madame Pickwick Weekend
Tagged Andre Breton, Andre Breton masks, Arthur Schopenhauer, Enrico Donati, Louis V. Shotridge, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Max Ernst, Peabody Museum Yale, Samuel Pepys, Surrealism, Tlingit masks, wolfgang paalen
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An Abstract mask of the concrete: subconscious cache
It is a fact that nearly everybody, even the least observant person , has a precise, albeit mistaken, idea of what they look like. As a rule, they are dissatisfied with nature’s product. They may be unsympathetic to their reflection … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged Andre Breton, Clifford Browder, Donald Ellis, Dylan Thomas Hayden, Enrico Donati, James Adams, Jay Garnett, Jenna Cederberg, Joy Garnett, Judith H.Dobrzynski, Julius Carlebach, Laura Allsop, Louis Aragon, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Marsha Lederman, Max Ernst, Paul Eluard, Robert Lebel, Rosalind E. Krauss, Rosalind Krauss, Salvador dali, Valery Oisteanu, Wangechi Mutu
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hollow figures: surreal importance
“The hollow figure of a human head…” is the way one dictionary defines a mask. But surely there must be more to it. What unkind fate has kept us from using masks in our own time? Why do we continue … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged Andre Breton, Donald Ellis Gallery, Enrico Donati, George Gustav Heye, Hunter Gorinson, James Adams, James Ensor, Jenna Cederberg, Judith H.Dobrzynski, Julius Carlebach, Laura Allsop, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Rosalind E. Krauss, Surrealism, Valery Oisteanu, Yves Tanguy
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