Tag Archives: Martha Rosler

the hindsight saga

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Dave

It was one of Lenin’s more inspired insights that history always has the capacity to surprise. He was thinking mainly of political revolution, for as a revolutionary he had to be optimistic and hopeful in the darkest times in order … Continue reading →

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red necked or stiff necked

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Dave

Of course its idiotic. So over the top dog-gonned stupid that it makes no sense. But as P.T. Barnum said, never underestimate the intelligence of the ( Israeli) public. Good to rattle a few secular feathers. Maybe squeeze a feature … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Baruch Marzel, Ben Dror Yemini, Elizabeth Taylor Israel, Gideon Levy, Har Hamor Yeshiva, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Madonna in Israel, Martha Rosler, Moshe Katsav, Orson Welles, Orson Welles Simon Wiesenthal, Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda Kook, Rabbi Zvi Tau, Ron Myberg, Steven Plaut, Yossi Sarid | Leave a comment

a little piece of heaven?

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Dave

Prostrate anxiety? the thingamagig complex. Objectifying the human body as part of splitting off the corporeal from the spiritual and convicting poor Eros of demon status, branding her forever with the unfavorable P.R. she has had to endure. The short … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged alex comfort, Damien Hirst, Edouard Manet, Faye Dunaway, Jacques Lacan, Jeff Koons, Jonathan Jones Guardian, Kiki Smith, Martha Rosler, robert stoller, Sigmund Freud, Vanessa Beecroft | Leave a comment

banksy pranksy:you can banksy on it

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Dave

Is it an elephant in the gift shop or an exit through the gift shop. Its fitting that Banksy’s movie is about “shop” and the irony is that this much embraced “modernism” is built on buzz and hype and its … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Angelina Jolie, Art Spiegelman, Banksy, Bertolt Brecht, Brad Pitt, Buju Banton, Danger Mouse, Dangermouse, E.H. Gombrich, Guy Debord, Man Ray, Martha Rosler, Melena Ryzik, Paris Hilton, Peter Dean Rickards, Roland Barthes, Shepard Fairey, SWOON, Thierry Guetta, Tom Lawson | 3 Comments

SHAPES OF THINGS: Complicit in the Act of the Meme

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Dave

“Everything is shit. We apply meaning, value, and worth to the shit surrounding us. We live by this meaning and by our words. We live by worth and apply value, but everything is shit.” “She mutters her poem backwards in … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft, Music/Composition/Performance | Tagged Amber Case, Carolee Schneemann, Clare Johnson, Forever(21), Henry Jenkins, Hiba Ali, Interior Semiotics, Jeannie Parke Beard, Joel Kuennen, John Fiske, Martha Rosler, Mayhem, Natacha Stolz, Pizza Slut, Russell Smith, Schapylle Scragg, Timothy Vollmer, Tracey Emin | Leave a comment

(AD)SENSE and SENSIBILITY: The Zero Sum Game

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Dave

Are these the fruits of democratic capitalism? Our peace dividend? The sexual double standard, the Beast, seems alive and breathing. It never went away; it just shape shifts into new contexts that seem superficially compelling but are basic repackages of … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous | Tagged Anat Resnick, Angela Zhang, Brett McKay, Elmer Wheeler, Gwen Sharp, Jack Shepherd Buzzfeed, kate McKay, Kevin Dutton, Kevin Dutton Flipnosis, Lisa Wade, Malcolm Gladwell, Mark Frauenfelder, Martha Rosler, Mens pulp magazines, Mort Kunstler, sexist advertising, Simon Houpt, Walter Kaylin | Leave a comment

IMPOSSIBLE WORLD: DISILLUSIONED SOULS AS A REFRAMED VALUE

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Dave

Jean Antoine Watteau( 1684-1721) was thirty-three when he painted “Embarkation” . Two years later in 1719 he went to London to sonsult Dr. Richard mead, the queen’s physician, and was there subjected to such treatment as the best medical knowledge … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Antoine Crozat, Auguste Renoir, Calvin Seerveld, Camille Mauclair, Claude Gillot, Comte de Caylus, Donald Posner, Edouard Manet, Etienne Jeurat, Fragonard, Francois Boucher, Frederic Chopin, Georgia Cowart, Helene Adhemar, Jakob Rosenberg, James Panero, Jean Baptiste Francois Pater, Jed Perl, Julian Bell, Julie Anne Plax, Karen Rosenberg, Kit Andrews, Lancret, Lisa MacDonald, Martha Rosler, Mary D. Sheriff, Mary Vidal, Monika Szewczyk, Nicolas Lancret, Perrin Stein, Peter Paul Rubens, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Pierre Crozat, Pierre Rosenberg, R.H. Wilenski, René Huyghe, Robert Baldwin, Sarah Cohen, Thomas Crow, Walter Pater | 2 Comments

“REASONABLE CREATURES”:HOW DID THAT RUMOR GET STARTED?

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Dave

“While genius is a rare gift, according to most theorists the pool of human beings from which genius emerges includes only men. Rousseau, Kant, and Schopenhauer all declared that women possess characters and mentalities too weak to produce genius. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged artemisia Gentileschi, Arthur Schopenhauer, Barbara Kruger, Bell Hooks, Carolyn Korsemeyer, Christine Battersby, Donna Lichaw, femininsm, feminist art, feminist graffiti, Gisela Ecker, Graham Coulter-Smith, Hilde S. Hein, Immanuel Kant, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Linda Nochlin, Louisa Achille, Madonna, Martha Rosler, Mary E. Bradley Lane, Mary Wollstonecraft, Nancy Burns, Norman Mailer, Peggy Z. Brand, Sarah Lucas, Sharada Ramanathan, Thomas Hardy, Tyra Banks, Women's Liberation Movement | 1 Comment

“MYTHOLOGIES”:IN THE REALM OF BLOOD & CHOCOLATE TO THE Nth DEGREE

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Dave

With righteous indignation, structuralism, and something called semiotics, a multi-faceted Frenchmen named Roland Barthes captured a large audience with his social and literary criticism. Roland Barthes is a key figure in international intellectual life. He is one of the most … Continue reading →

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MEMES & MASHUP THEMES

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Dave

”Henry ( Jenkins ) argues that spreadability adds value to an idea by allowing the idea to inhabit different contexts. He states: Rather than emphasizing the direct replication of “memes,” a spreadable model assumes that the repurposing and transformation of media … Continue reading →