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Tag Archives: Man Ray
transmit and vectorize the ambivalent perception
Call it an absence of the realist impulse. With Hieronymus Bosch’s triptych The Garden of Eden, we see a sense of visual chaos that is all the more striking given our inability to comprehend a central theme. The tension, though … Continue reading
Vroom Vroom : mechanical symbolism by the mileage
Its the original Fiat 500. The installation piece by Lorenzo Quinn features an almost 13 foot high child’s hand and forearm. Like a toddler giant Nephilim playing with a toy.The work alludes to the relationship between parents and their children … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc.
Tagged Alastair Moss, Alexander Winton, Andrew Graham Dixon, Car Henge, Carhenge, Diego Rivera, Edsel Ford, Francis Picabia, Jim Reinders, John Alfred Heitman, John D. Rockefeller Sr., John Sloan, London 2012 Olympics, Lorenzo Quinn, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Nick Lambert, Noah Joseph, Paul Green Halcyon Gallery, Ransom Olds, Thorstein Veblen
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An Abstract mask of the concrete: subconscious cache
It is a fact that nearly everybody, even the least observant person , has a precise, albeit mistaken, idea of what they look like. As a rule, they are dissatisfied with nature’s product. They may be unsympathetic to their reflection … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged Andre Breton, Clifford Browder, Donald Ellis, Dylan Thomas Hayden, Enrico Donati, James Adams, Jay Garnett, Jenna Cederberg, Joy Garnett, Judith H.Dobrzynski, Julius Carlebach, Laura Allsop, Louis Aragon, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Marsha Lederman, Max Ernst, Paul Eluard, Robert Lebel, Rosalind E. Krauss, Rosalind Krauss, Salvador dali, Valery Oisteanu, Wangechi Mutu
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hollow figures: surreal importance
“The hollow figure of a human head…” is the way one dictionary defines a mask. But surely there must be more to it. What unkind fate has kept us from using masks in our own time? Why do we continue … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged Andre Breton, Donald Ellis Gallery, Enrico Donati, George Gustav Heye, Hunter Gorinson, James Adams, James Ensor, Jenna Cederberg, Judith H.Dobrzynski, Julius Carlebach, Laura Allsop, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Rosalind E. Krauss, Surrealism, Valery Oisteanu, Yves Tanguy
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CHANCE MEETING: COLLAGE OF THE INVERTED OEDIPUS
Chance. A roll of the dice within that casino located in that vast structure of the human mind. The roulette wheel stops, the cards are flipped, the chips rise and fall.Chance is what arises from that volatile unpredictable mix of … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Modern Art
Tagged Andre Breton, Balmer, Dada Movement, Dadaists, David Hopkins, Donald Kuspit, Dostoevsky, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Quinn, Elizabeth Legge, Giorgio de Chirico, Ingres, Jean Paulhan, John Milton Paradise Lost, Jose Maria Faerne, Jules Verne, Man Ray, Max Ernst, Otto Dix, Paul Auster, Paul Eluard, Salvador dali, Sigmund Freud, Stuart Nolan, Surrealism, Werner Spies
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