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fracturing the bow
In spite of distortion, objects in an expressionistic painting are still recognizable. However, in abstraction, objects tend to lose their identity as objects and take on an existence as pure form. An example is George Braque’s “Musical Forms” which is … Continue reading
hindsight is a rear-view mirror
and sometimes the small print on that mirror reads, “objects appear larger than they really are.” Disrupting the natural course of history… …Historians know that at times the change was fuzzier, less immediate, and they tend to seize on the … Continue reading
distortion: good from far but far from good
Distortion and fragmentation are the cliches, now almost generic that has come to dominate understanding of the modern figure at a mass level. Maybe it conveys the “creative destruction” of capitalism in its natural habitat? But, do any technical explanations … Continue reading
fathers and sons: leaving traces
It was a school that combined crafts and fine arts, and conceptually followed a basic idea that mass-production was reconcilable with individual artistic spirit. Founded at Weimar in 1919, Bauhaus concepts of art were particularly influenced by Modernism. That is, … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged Arnold Schoenberg, Bauhaus Art, Bertolt Brecht, Clement Greenberg, Georges Braque, Henri Rousseau, Josef Albers, Lyonel Feininger, Otto Dix, Pablo Picasso, Paul Klee, Stephane Mallarme, t.lux feininger, Walter Benjamin, Walter Gropius, Wassily Kandinsky
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PICASSO’S REFLEX ANXIETY :2 1/2 Men & Close Encounter of the 3 1/2 Kind
Perhaps more than any other artist, Pablo Picasso depicted the dark side; the Darth Vader of the human psyche, as well as the positive and the beautiful…This departure by Picasso from the so-called “civilized” and classical influences of Western art … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Riding, Andre Breton, Carl Goldstein, Darth Vader, David Galenson, Donald Kuspit, Edmond Fortier, Edward Fry, Ernst Junger, Fernande Olivier, Friedrich Nietzsche, Georges Braque, Gertrude Stein, Guillaume Apollinaire, Henri Matisse, J.K. Huysmans, jack Flam, John Berger, Jonathan Richman, Jonathan Richman The Modern Lovers, Laura Ball, Leo Steinberg, Max Kosloff, Megan Meighan, Michele Leight, Norman Mailer, Pablo Picasso, Paul Cezanne, Pete Hamill, Richard Hamilton, Robert J. Sternberg, Robert Smithson, Rosalind Krauss, Satie, Sigmund Freud, Stravinsky, Vladimir Tatlin
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CONFUSION SAYS: Matisse and the Passion of Constant Motion
His whole career, said Matisse, could be thought of as a progress toward clarity and simplification: “A constant struggle for complete expression with a minimum of elements. ” Actually, his career had many meanings, as any great artist’s must, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker, Fernand Leger, Georges Braque, Georges Rouault, Henri Matisse, Hilary Spurling, Hilton Kramer, jack Flam, Joan Miro, John Elderfield, Leonide Massine, Pablo Picasso, Piet Mondrian, Riva Castleman, Stephane Mallarme
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