Tag Archives: frank stella

languid luxury: the quicksand complex

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Dave

Inertia as the root of evil. Is it the same as laziness? What to make of leisure present in the ideologized function of art where an aesthetic of laziness seems connected to the notion of conspicuous consumption, comparative preferences and … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Andre Breton, art of laziness, dr. peter axt, frank stella, Georges Bataille, Georgia O'keefe, Gilles Deleuze, joy of laziness, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Slavoj Zizek, sophy laughing | Leave a comment

garbage in-garbage out

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Dave

The imperial infants.A baby formula, pablum, to convert sometimes vague, sometimes intense, but always complex emotions into a kind of trouble-free zone, a la-la land of pretend. Kitsch. The temptation. The seduction of idealized desire; to replace a higher and … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged barnett newman, Carolee Schneemann, Clement Greenberg, david wojnarowicz, Eugene Delacroix, frank stella, gilbert and george, hermann broch, jack spector, Josef Fritzl, Marcel Duchamp, odd nerdrum, Sigmund Freud, Slavoj Zizek, Vanessa Beecroft, Walter Benjamin | Leave a comment

aspen: thinking within a box

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Art

Aspen magazine. thinking outside the box.as without from within… by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): This is ASPEN Magazine (issue #4, spring 1967) – the magazine IN A BOX!!!! this is the final issue (so far as i know.) each issue was … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Andy Warhol, angus maclise, art and media blog, art chantry, aspen magazine, don snyder, fluer cowles, frank stella, george lois, gerard malanga, herbert bayer, hetty maclise, ira cohen, Jasper Johns, Jerry Rubin, John Cale, lionel ziprin, Lou Reed, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marshall McLuhan, Peter Max, quentin fiore, Shepard Fairey | Leave a comment

moods for moderns

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Art

Modernism has become retro…. by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): For my money, the philosophical dialog of ‘modernism’ is probably the most important and the single most interesting and intriguing intellectual/creative discussion of the last century, maybe even in the history of … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged american design culture, american design history, american graphic design, Andy Warhol, el lissitzky, el lizitsky, frank stella, frankenthaler, Jasper Johns, Lester Beall, modernism, Paul Rand, Pushpin design, rauchenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, william golden | Leave a comment

modernism: where do we go from here?

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Art

Modernism and artistic expression in the face of the human condition Art Chantry: Art@artchantry.com For my money, the philosophical dialog of ‘modernism’ is probably the most important and the single most interesting and intriguing intellectual/creative discussion of the last century, … Continue reading →