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is it art without the spiritual?

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Dave

Is art, art, when there is no spiritual content? Or is it simply at the level of a visual language that descends to the level of advertising and marketing management? Does the absence of the embodiment of the spiritual mean … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Abstract expressionism, Andy Warhol, anselm kiefer, Damien Hirst, georg baselitz, Gerhard Richter, Jackson Pollock, James Hillman, Jeff Koons, Jonathan Jones Guardian, Leni Riefenstahl, Marcel Duchamp, Piet Mondrian, polke, social realist art, veronica brady, warhol pop art, Wassily Kandinsky | Leave a comment

first clever then banal: empty magic

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Dave

The nihilistic hollowness of Baldessari; the emotional and intellectual vacuum at its core. The implied sadism and hatred of humanity.Is this a kind of messianic art , one that allows for an inverse association between what is profane and the … Continue reading →