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A death in Trump Tower
Todd Brassner died on Saturday, a victim of the 50th-floor fire at Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan. Brassner, 67, was an art dealer and collector, with a particular interest in Pop art, and a long association with Andy Warhol (Warhol … Continue reading
Got her covered
. A vicarious thrill and no small amount of pride to see that the real talent in the family, the mother of my spoiled-rotten child, maestra of the molten glass Jennifer L. Worden lands the cover spot and featured artist … Continue reading
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Tagged Akron, Art, Chris Horne, http://www.jenniferlworden.com/, Jennifer L. Worden, The Devil Strip
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Lend me your art
The lending library is probably one of humanity’s greatest cultural institutions (stands to reason, then, that the first lending library in the Americas was founded by a veritable cultural institute in the flesh: Benjamin Franklin). It’s an ideal that’s kept pace … Continue reading
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Tagged Akron Art Library, Akron Art Museum, Akron Public Library, Art, Ashtabula Perambulator, culture, Devo, Mark Mothersbaugh
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Sasha Matthews for the copyright win
In theory, American copyright laws are among the most creator-friendly in the world: in a nutshell, if you conceive it, and if you preserve it in a durable format, it belongs to you, under aegis of U.S. jurisprudence, for as long as … Continue reading
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Tagged copyright, copyright infringement, Sasha Matthews, Scholastic Awards
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RIP Stephen Hawking (Jan. 8 1942 – March 14 2018)
I imagine they felt a little like this in March, 1727. Issac Newton had died, and the world was left to wonder: Who will explain the universe to us now? Stephen Hawking has left us at the age of 76—roughly … Continue reading
Art$ and economy
We’re not supposed to try to valuate the intangibles of culture. Except, you know, we’re a people who valuate everything. So let’s do this. According to new research just released by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Bureau … Continue reading
Tattoo therapy
My euphemisms vary: sometimes I say I prefer having my art collection with me at all times. Sometimes (when I’m feeling a little more honest) I allow as how I’m wearing my mid-life crisis on my skin. Either way, once … Continue reading
Neanderthal art!
Fast on the heels of our discussion late last month with esteemed cave-art expert and paleoanthropologist Genevieve von Petzinger, we check back in on this fascinating subject, based on ground-breaking revelations. Just published yesterday, new research on cave art in … Continue reading
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Tagged Art history, cave art, cultural history, Genevieve von Petzinger
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Super Bowl LII? Sure, why not
Longtime repeat visitors to this space have probably noticed the ambivalent attitude we at Decon Central have toward pro sports in general, and in particular toward the American bacchanalia that is the Super Bowl. Opinions vary, and this probably puts … Continue reading
Connecting with an ancient artform
One of the most important unifying threads in art, in any art, is that of connection. It is that momentary removal of time and distance between observer and creator, when they become of one mind. Intent is key here, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Art history, cave art, cave paintings, culture, Genevieve von Petzinger, TEDTalks, Vincent Van Gogh
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Vote like your world depends on it
Pro forma apologies to any committed partisans in the audience, but I’m firmly convinced that the advent of political parties in general, and our sycophantic two-party system in particular, has brought about the incremental ruination of the great American experiment … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, environment, Environmental Voter Project, George Washington, partisanship, politics
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Elegy for an extinction – sculptures bid farewell to a forest
The eastern hemlock was once one of the most ubiquitous conifers on this continent. By 2030 it will likely be gone forever. Sometime in the 1950s an invasive parasitic insect, the hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA), was accidentally imported from east … Continue reading
