Tag Archives: Lacan

WATTEAU & UTOPIA ON STANDBY: THE GHOSTS OF STYLE

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Dave

Should we let bygones be bygone eras?These are precious, because Watteau’s paintings so unmistakably draw meaning from and give memorable form to a certain now far distant subculture.He is a master of in-between situations….Watteau introduced just such a change of … Continue reading →

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WHAT DREAMS MAY COME

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Dave

Madness, love and mysticism. Perhaps everything you always wanted to know about Dali, Freud, Psychoanalysis and Pictorial Surrealism. Salvador Dali was immersed in the conquest of the irrational, infinite and likely futile search for the unconscious and its meaning. His … Continue reading →