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When art was labor, and labor was salvation
Crises have a way of bringing out the best or the worst in people, and in societies, and in cultures. There’s rarely a middle ground, and there’s rarely any ambiguity to it. You might think of them as litmus tests … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, culture, FDR, Federal Arts Project, Jackson Pollack, Labor Day, Mark Rothko, New Deal, public art, public works, Roosevelt
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First Impression
Impressionism is arguably the most influential artistic movement of the last half millennium. It represented a stylistic break with the rigid Realism that preceded it, and inspired in its wake not only the techniques and subject matter embraced by visual … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Degas, Donald Olsen, Impressionism, Lichtenstein, Monet, Picasso, Pissarro, Pollock, Renoir, Van Gogh
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RIP Robin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014)
First thing I thought, upon hearing that Robin Williams was gone, was that he’d been making me laugh for as long as I can remember. I realized almost at once that this wasn’t quite true.I was ten or so when … Continue reading
Nina Paley illuminates the Levant
Artist, activist, filmmaker (and much more) Nina Paley might just have succeeded were corps of cognoscenti and commentators have been left foundering. Their line of inquiry, topical yet perpetual, has been, “Why can’t there be peace in the Middle East?” … Continue reading
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Tagged animation, Art, current events, film, Israel, Middle East, Nina Paley, Palestine
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I culture you: Take your vacation
You’ve been working very very hard, haven’t you? Poor thing, I know exactly how you feel. You know what you need? You need a little vacation. Go ahead — take a some time off. Relax. How you relax is a … Continue reading
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Tagged hemingway, I culture you, Joshua Worden, literature, PSA, what is culture? art
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What if the sun takes it all away?
It seems we really did dodge an apocalypse, of sorts, back in 2012. In one of those sleeper stories, known but to a few learned insiders (and they might as well keep such things to themselves since no one believes … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 CME, apocalypse, blackouts, digital dependence, solar storm, what is culture?, writing
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World got you down? Just dance
If you’ve had any exposure to the news over the last week or so, you know things seem to have gotten very, very bad. Tempting though it may be, escapism probably isn’t the answer. I’ve no proof of this, but I … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Ballet Hispanico, current events, dance, deconstruction, what is culture?
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Children make the saddest refugees
In your heart of hearts you know that if a child runs onto your property begging for help, you need to help. If you’re not willing to help, you’d better have a compelling reason why not—if only to ever be … Continue reading
RIP Tommy Ramone (Jan 29 1949 – July 11 2014)
Correct me if you must that he was born Erdélyi Tamás. Insist if you must that he and Johnny and Dee Dee and Joey weren’t really brothers. I won’t start believing that now, because I never stopped believing that Rock … Continue reading
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Tagged Erdélyi Tamás, RIP, The Ramones, The Righteous Brothers, Tommy Ramone
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July 4 2014 – Celebrate…something
Today is not the anniversary of representative democracy. It’s the birthday of revolution. To which I say—aw yeah. Revolution is something I can celebrate. It’s something I can emulate, with fire and long fuses and banshee screams. More than a … Continue reading
All hail the Theremin
Whether or not you enjoy the electronic oscillating tones of the twentieth century’s weirdest contribution to musical invention, you have to admit: the rise of the horror film wouldn’t have been possible (or at least wouldn’t have been the same) … Continue reading
Dark Enlightenment – the thinking man’s neo-fascism
What do you make of a movement that purports to be intellectual, neo-reactionary, anti-democratic, and — wait for it — in favor of feudal restoration? You might think them confused, with good enough reason. Then you dig deeper and find … Continue reading
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Tagged Dark Enlightenment, fascism, neo-reactionary, what is culture?
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Banksy took Manhattan – the movie?
Has it really been nearly a year since enigmatic Brit street artist Banksy steamrolled NYC? New Yorkers aren’t likely to forget the experience any time soon, but just in case the rest of us have, his website is now hosting … Continue reading
Pay no attention to the existential threat behind the curtain
There’s a phrase you hear over and over in the debates, such as they are, that American chatterers and politicos engage in on the subject of climate change: “Perpetrating a Fraud“ Here’s the context: a minority of my countrymen have decided, … Continue reading
