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Monthly Archives: October 2017
The process
‘ It’s rainy and cool here in Deconstruction Central; seasons are changing and the wheel of the year is looping back to its wintry starting point. It is a time of adjustments. And how we adjust, the process of adjusting, … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, creative process, Samantha Schumaker, What is art?, what is culture?
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A tale of two Renoirs
Let’s begin with what we know: Pierre-August Renoir completed “Two Sisters (On the Terrace)” in 1881. He made no copies. We know that, in the present day, two separate entities claim they own this original Renoir masterpiece. One is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, art forgery, Art Institute of Chicago, lies, Renoir, Trump, Two Sisters (On the Terrace)
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The heir of the sea
The Air of the sea, said the heir of the sea– burrows its way in your bones. r It whispers a plea one of gilt mystery and of seeding the depths with unknowns. r The heir of the sea took … Continue reading
Too sexy for the Louvre – censorship in 2017
It’s hard to say wherein lies the headline here: Is it that a 40-foot tall architectural sculpture can be so unexpectedly suggestive? Or that any sculpture can be suggestive enough to be banned by the Louvre? Domestikator by the Dutch … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Atelier Van Lieshout, censorship, Domestikator, Jean-Luc Martinez, The Louvre, What is art?
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