Tag Archives: Laura Cumming

on the back of: use and abuse?

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Dave

Lucian Freud’s art could be termed anti-romantic and confrontational.And just plain creepy. He tended to represent people as he saw them, and between what he perceived and came out on canvas we will never really understand all the processes involved. … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Adrian Searle, andrew parker-bowles, barbara ellen guardian, Donald Kuspit, Francis Bacon, Henri Matisse, James Joyce, Jerry Saltz, joel levy, Laura Cumming, leigh bowery, Lucian Freud, Martin Gayford, max scheler, Pablo Picasso, paul j. castellani, philip levy, Sigmund Freud, The Young Adult Institute | Leave a comment

Art of Endlessly Deferred Resolution

Posted on November 1, 2009 by Dave

Joseph Beuys( 1921-1986 ) believed that performance art could evoke a spiritual response in the audience, ultimately providing a healing process. He sometimes compared his role to that of a shaman.A witch doctor of Art who prescribed art as the … Continue reading →