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hunger artists: portraits of ghosts

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Dave

The theory of Donald Kuspit and a few other less known voices was that Modigliani rehumanized what Picasso had crushed and sucked out. Modigliani was able to connect in his paintings to those live and unpredictable wires – the curse … Continue reading →

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self hatred: caging the instinct into decoration

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Dave

Get Back. Get back to where you once belonged. Can art exist if it falls off the precipice into a void where there is no transformational effect on the individual and little or nothing to do with what constitutes the … Continue reading →

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modigliani: humanizing the dream within the dream

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Dave

Its an old question. Its manifestations are like sparks and fleeting, ambiguous forms capable of de-materialization. How do you reconcile the opposites between the sensual and the spiritual? Is defiance and disorder, as Modigliani seemed to imply, the only route … Continue reading →

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