Tag Archives: Hal Foster

severin: illustrations in authenticity

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Dave

by Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) Monsters on the Prowl April 1972 issue, #16 Illustration: John Severin (1921-2012) Goodbye John Severin. Thanks for making my comic book-buying childhood so incredibly enjoyable—through the hilarity of the … Continue reading →

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marvelous automatic: Miro and Roving the Unconscious

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Dave

Nothing was ever certain about Spanish painter Joan Miro, except the certainty of surprise. A product of rugged , fantasy loving Catalonia, Miro created an unpredictable magic world of forms of his own, that in its way matched together incompatible … Continue reading →

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Piano player: boogie-woogie & the black fatimas

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Dave

He said that he wanted to leave his artistic mark on Miami’s seascape in a way that was inspired by the artist Christo in the 1980′s when he draped eleven small islands in Biscayne Bay with hot pink fabric. Is … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous | Tagged Barbara Victor, Black Fatima, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gabrielle Giroday, Gary L. Wenk, Hal Foster, Mark Harrington, Mia Bloom, Nicholas Harrington, Oakland Ross, Sigmund Freud, Suzanne Beard | Leave a comment

MIRO & CONSTELLATIONS: Looking For Signs From Above

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Dave

In the realm of art, Joan Miro’s earliest and most lasting impression was provided by the frescoes of medieval Catalonia. Of course, Hell and the Apocalypse were the favorite themes of these artists. We meet men sizzling in the cauldron, … Continue reading →

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STORIES OF THE EYE: The “Accursed Share”

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Dave

He was an elusive yet central figure that essentially established what was possible or impossible in the wake of the Marquis de Sade. Nietzsche and Sade in one neat package called the eroticization of the death of god. The profane, … Continue reading →