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utopia : bauhaus uber alles?
The Bauhaus as the end of art as a humanizing activity. Not even the marker of Benjamin’s messianic nihilism. Just the nihilism of barbarous anonymity. A lifeless black hole. Maybe, ultimately, Bauhaus is so anti-kitsch it is kitsch. Is the … Continue reading
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Tagged ernst neufert, herbert bayer, joost schmidt, kamprad ikea, Le Corbusier, ludwig karl hilberseimer, Martin Heidegger, Mies van der Rohe, oskar schlemmer, otti berger, peter keler bauhaus, Slavoj Zizek, Susan Sontag, Theodore Dalrymple, tom sachs artist, Tom Wolfe, Walter Benjamin, Walter Gropius
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Jackie : putting pins in the valley of the dolls
A product of her times. Or simply another variant on the white liberal Eastern establishment, make that neo-liberal and what appears to be appallingly ethno-centric and racist, filled with any number of twisted ideas as a defense mechanism in guarding … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media
Tagged Adlai Stevenson, andrew cohen, Billy Wilder, Bob Dylan, Elia Kazan, j.g. ballard, jacqueline kennedy, James Stewart, JFK assassination, joe hyams, katie holmes jacqueline kennedy, Lee Remick, Marilyn Monroe, Martin Luther King, otto preminger, Stephen Sondheim, tom sachs artist, wendy leigh, William Faulkner
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when the abyss stares back
You have to question one of the basic axioms of Western life, a foundational myth of the enlightenment that “civilized” society values human life. That a life is precious. Sanctified. Or rather, an eye for an eye. A tooth for … Continue reading
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Tagged a.j. heschel, Al Sharpton, Albert Camus, artemisia Gentileschi, B.F. Skinner, Ben Shahn, ben shahn the passion of sacco and vanzetti, d. elton trueblood, eli cohen spy, Francisco Goya, goya the third of may, john c. woods, john f. mortimer, rick perry texas, robert e. conot, tom sachs artist, troy davis execution, victor hugo capital punishment, victor hugo death penalty
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