Tag Archives: Jacob Epstein

the wilde bunch

by Art Chantry: oscar wilde’s gravestone. noted without comment… any ideas on who designed it? there was an amazingly beautiful mausoleum in a cemetery in st.louis that was designed by louis sullivan (for a mistress of a local beer baron.) … Continue reading

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face the world

Confrontational realism. Like the late 18th century mechanical Turk chess set where a puppet moved the pieces guided by a hunchback in the workings, you have to wonder if the face we see is real and what is the nature … Continue reading

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freudian slide into nihilism

Maybe the problem is a mimicry of art historical forms without connecting to the poetic myths that animated and gave life to these forms. That is, the aura of the profound is a falsification in that the depth of the … Continue reading

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everything must go: but deep pockets not enough

The intricate relationship between art and commerce.This past Wednesday, Christies auction house in New York sold an astounding $300 million of art……Does it really matter if its good or worth it? Is it art or a commodity?…. The sales figures … Continue reading

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failures of empathy:aesthetics of doubt

The basic problem that Walter Benjamin was uncovering was the relation between law and justice as it leaned on violence.The struggle of the divine power with mythological violence.  His “Critique on Violence” addressed the question of whether violence in the … Continue reading

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