Tag Archives: Richard Hamilton

the good book says

There has always been this conflict over religion and fascism that when posited, by the liberal, individualist tradition, notably by a Christopher Hitchens or Slvaj Zizek, there is connection invoked between the two; part of the popular secular culture dialog … Continue reading

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don’t beat him he’s only the fiddler

Joshua Bell impersonating an itinerant playing violinist in Washington DC .Its a living. It was not an original idea in that this set-up had been enacted in New York and within other contexts as well. Bell played six Bach pieces … Continue reading

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songs of love and hate: shoot the boer

Is rap music a cultural commodity basically to titillate and spice up the mayonnaise and white bread diet of the white audience? The hyper-masculine enlivening experiences within a dominant, essentially conservative, consumerist, racist and militant preponderant white society with its … Continue reading

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PICASSO’S REFLEX ANXIETY :2 1/2 Men & Close Encounter of the 3 1/2 Kind

Perhaps more than any other artist, Pablo Picasso depicted the dark side; the Darth Vader of the human psyche, as well as the positive and the beautiful…This departure by Picasso from the so-called “civilized” and classical influences of Western art … Continue reading

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LOFT STORY

”Pop art’s origins are in Britain, specifically with Richard Hamilton, Eduardo Paolozzi and the Independent Group. Unlike their American counter-parts, these Brit pop artists didn’t have a critical figure like a Steinberg or Greenberg to co-opt or codify them. The … Continue reading

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Sister Substitutes for the Class Conscious

The war as a reliable barometer on the viability of the arts and cultural memory. The relationship bewteen culture and memory is no more pronounced than it was in wartime London where, due to circumstances beyond control there was a … Continue reading

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