Tag Archives: francis p. nauman

deep philosophy or conceptual quip?

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Dave

The greatest philosopher in modern art? Or did the art world make him, artificially construct him into a “readymade” himself, the philosopher who would trash tradition and under the pretext of modernism and the new, engage in the kind of … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

modernism: press the refresh button

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Dave

Modernism as a ready made. The break with the past; the discarding of tradition. The shock of the new. Modernism struck at the heart of the conventional wisdom in the arts which meant that an aesthetic of plot, dramatic incident … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

proceeding by learned recollection

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Dave

Finding the point at which the same and the other are indiscernible. It is where the center of thought is a blurry area characterized by discontinuity where Marcel Duchamp said the impersonality of artistic action can affirm itself. The ready … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

cold off the press: money as a readymade

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Dave

Its smooth. Its stretchy. Its waterproof. But is it a sex toy? It’s a Canadian thing. The days are short, its cold, but underneath the ice and wind, radical, intense passions refuse to be constrained by nature. We have been … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment