Tag Archives: Leon Golub

ragged glory

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Dave

The first impression is of some weekend painter with a crude, vulgar, unskilled hand depicting mercenary goons, violence, power, subjugation, and a whole stock of themes from the politically correct almanac. Once that prejudice falls away there is something quite … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Donald Kuspit, Francisco Goya, Jasper Johns, Leon Golub, Marcel Duchamp, Michel Foucault, Nancy Spero, Philip Guston | Leave a comment

Protest Art & Feminist Critique

Posted on October 25, 2009 by Dave

Political violence as a figurative art form. Nancy Spero’s career has been a statement against the pervasive abuse of power, militarism, and sexual predation.A feminist artist preoccupied with myth and the repetition of eternal themes within the context of contemporary social … Continue reading →