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Tag Archives: Paul Cezanne
fracturing the bow
In spite of distortion, objects in an expressionistic painting are still recognizable. However, in abstraction, objects tend to lose their identity as objects and take on an existence as pure form. An example is George Braque’s “Musical Forms” which is … Continue reading
don quixote: heroism and disillusion
…For as the book progresses, so does the world of make believe. The barber and the curate, who set out to cure Don Quixote’s follies, end by becoming participants in it, actors in his imaginary history. Sancho Panza starts talking … Continue reading
climbing walls: walls and bridges
Exposing the racist, sectarian, homophobic, and misogynist characteristics intrinsic to Judaism as patriarchal “activity” used to reinforce the inferior status of women? Or is it just an easy public relations target for the women, who expose themselves to little risk … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Anat Hoffman, Bashar Assad Syria, Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Vice Saudi Arabia, Free Syrian Army, Israel Religious and Action Center, Lesley Sachs Women of the Wall, Micky Rosenfeld Israel Police, Okaz Saudi Arabia, Paul Cezanne, Ray Caesar, Reform Judaism in Israel, Shira Pruce, Women of the Wall
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modern forms to human pain
His drawings, the line drawings appear so simple. Deceptively so. But at the same time, if one tries to copy them it becomes apparent they are so powerful; surprising that single unbroken lines can create so much. The sheer energy, … Continue reading
distortion: good from far but far from good
Distortion and fragmentation are the cliches, now almost generic that has come to dominate understanding of the modern figure at a mass level. Maybe it conveys the “creative destruction” of capitalism in its natural habitat? But, do any technical explanations … Continue reading
pining for the grey elysium
Can an artist be beyond the reach of criticism because they have been so institutionalized and commodified by the taste makers of celebrity? Are we buying the talent, the art or the brand, like the steak and sizzle distinction. The … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged Andre Breton, bertram lewin, Charles Le Brun, D.W. Winnicott, Diego Velazquez, james kalm, Jasper Johns, Lawrence Alloway, Leo Steinberg, Marcel Duchamp, Pablo Picasso, Paul Cezanne, w.r. bion, Walter Benjamin, willem de Kooning
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lyric essence: there are no maybes
Henri Cartier-Bresson is recognized as one of the great masters of photography. Armed with only a Leica, he strove to capture the fleeting reality of what he called, “the decisive moment.” He employed neither gimmicks of craft nor tricks of … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged ansel adams, Comte de Saint-Simon, French Literature. Marcel Proust Remembrance of Things Past, Helen Levitt photography, Henri Cartier-Bresson, lincoln kirstein, Marcel Proust, Paul Cezanne, photographic arts, Stendhal
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old wild men: sandwiches of them
See it as a matrix of sensations.Mutable. Unfixed.Unhinged. Something of the child rubbing against the unknown world of the adult. Sometimes we have to go back to reach beyond the future, to be as children, and approach the objects of … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Music/Composition/Performance
Tagged 10cc, Alfred North Whitehead, Boris Cyrulnik, eric stewart, godley and Creme, graham gouldman, Guy Debord, john bruinsma, john williams, Kazimir Malevich, Keith Moon, lol creme, michael newman, Paul Cezanne, ralph denyer, strawberry studios, trevor horn, Walter Benjamin, Wassily Kandinsky
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Voltaire: passing nods from the Dauphine
Thievery begins at the top? The right of kings and card sharps. He was unhappy at Versailles. He wrote to Madame Denis complaining that he was bored to death by court society and the conversation of the great. ” I … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word
Tagged duc de richelieu, jean huber swiss painter, madame de chatelet, Marcel Duchamp, Paul Cezanne, Pierre Rameau, theodor rombouts, Voltaire, voltaire chess, voltaire la pucelle, Walter Benjamin, walter benjamin gambling
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