Tag Archives: Thomas Hart Benton

getting here first

And the value of the fast second. Who got to America first? Refugees from Atlantis? Phoenicians piloting the children of Israel? The Chinese? The Egyptians? Perhaps the answer to the discovery of the America’s lies in the unthinkable… With such … Continue reading

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eccentric patrons

By October 1942, Peggy Guggenheim was ready to open in New York a new gallery, Art of This Century, surely the most eccentric pleasure dome ever decreed for the inspection of art. Lights flashed on and off, with great rushes … Continue reading

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the wilde ones

The archetype of the socialist intellectual. The keen eyed observer, but missing a few pieces that would temper an interest in the problems of society with a less poetic palette of sweeping verse. Nonethless, there are some profound insights here … Continue reading

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romney care: tax evasives of the leisure clasp

One of the key themes in our ongoing public discourse is taxes. Mitt Romney’s income tax filings and the continuing collateral damage from banker bonuses and bailouts have made this an open sore with the pain shooting to the dark … Continue reading

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the intensity valve: occupying hazards

Adbusters: “Cultural revolution is our business” That is exactly the problem. Culture jamming is a business model that fits cleanly into Guy Debord’s Society of the Spectacle. Buy Nothing Day! but the rest of the years consume “cool” things that … Continue reading

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FARMVILLE GOTH: PATRIOTS WITH PITCHFORKS

It does require a bit of inspiration to gain a full perspective on how Grant Wood’s “American Gothic” evolved from iconoclasm to icon and then off the edge into parody. Some have even asserted that ”American Gothic” ranks in importance … Continue reading

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ENEMIES IN ARMS

In politics, the revolutionary radical of today regularly becomes the totalitarian Grand Inquisitor of tomorrow. This is no less true in art: institutional and administrative dedication to freedom often produced a rigid conformity.Or as Hannah Arendt once said, ” The … Continue reading

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