Tag Archives: Saad Eddin Ibrahim

cairo: flights into egypt

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Dave

Sensationalism.The aesthetic of violence in the Society of the Spectacle. The birth of the agitated space and a relishing of absurd charismatic appeal. Art, like the society around it, became caught between the joy of freedom and the fear of … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Art | Tagged Antoine-Jean Gros, darcy grimaldo grigsby, Dominique-Vivant Denon, Edward Said, Jacques-Louis David, Jean Baptiste Regnault, joachim beuckelaer, john frederick lewis, Louis Sass, martin kramer, Robert Rosenblum, Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Suzi Gablik, sylvain bellenger | Leave a comment

Revolution in the air: tea party on the nile

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Dave

Rioting and roaring mobs have part of humankind’s lot since time immemorial. Hate, blood-thirst, looting and pillaging have historically required minimal incitement to break a state of uneasy peace. For centuries mobs have risen and destroyed, from the Roman Empire, … Continue reading →