Tag Archives: Frederic Spotts

New Order : elusive holy grail

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Dave

Does fear eat the soul? Eventually Hitler’s Aryan myth, like many another, monstrously devoured both its creators and its supporters. It all began as a minor and unsolvable issue in comparative linguistics around the time of the French revolution. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Bruckner, Frederic Spotts, geoffrey wheatcroft, Gottfried Helnwein, hugo hoppener fidus, James Young, john galliano, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, rammstein, Salvador dali, Susan Sontag, sylvia plath, Walter Benjamin | 2 Comments

revenge of the mediocre: all hail the chief

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Dave

The Aryan myth. It started simply enough as an irresoluble issue in comparative linguistics at the the dawn of the Romantic Age. Then, caught between quack science, nationalist fervor, and raw emotion, it transformed itself into a full-fledged theory of … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Adolf Ziegler, Angelica Kauffmann, emil schiebe, Frederic Spotts, geoffrey wheatcroft, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, hugo hoppener, hugo hoppener fidus, James Young, Leni Riefenstahl, Max Horkheimer, Mies van der Rohe, Richard Wagner, sepp hilz, Theodor Adorno | 1 Comment

life on parade: playing dress up

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Dave

It was the Aryan myth. It was born as a minor issue in comparative linguistics, grew into a full-fledged racial theory of history, and ended by almost devouring European civilization….. Steven Heller: In fact, Hugo Boss was the designer back … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Arno Breker, Arthur Szyk, Bryan Ferry, Filippo Marinetti, Frederic Spotts, Georges Bataille, James Young, Jean Genet, Joseph Thorak, Julius Paul Junghanns, Kerry Bolton, Leni Riefenstahl, Mel Brooks, Steven Heller, Susan Sontag | Leave a comment

PICASSO & IDEALS OF PEACE: Better Red than Fed

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Dave

Pablo Picasso found himself in Paris during World War II. Stranded……. Overall, reading through Matisse’s correspondence with Camoin in La Revue de l’Art (12, 1971) makes me suspect that Matisse’s behavior during Vichy had little to do directly with the … Continue reading →