Archives de vendredi 30 septembre 2005

The sea

The sea Experiences The Sea (2'06'') Music : Future Sound Of London (Dirty Shadows) / Zend Avesta (XR 116/Messe rouge) Format Real Media (4,91 MO) author : Richard Vantielcke from the same author, see also : blogAmoi, Richard Vantielcke zone website : Ludimaginary

Hopper’s “Nighthawks” : a painting of “three characters”

Hopper's "Nighthawks" : a painting of  "three characters" 'The man's the work. Something doesn't come out of nothing.' Edward Hopper Hopper's "Nighthawks" Edward Hopper, Nighthawks 1942 Oil on canvas, 30 x 60 in The Art Institute of Chicago "From Jo's diaries we learn that Hopper described this work as a painting of "three characters." The man behind the counter, though imprisoned in the triangle, is in fact free. He has a job, ...[Read More]

Googling on “neoconservative art”

Googling on "neoconservative art" The Liberal Imagination "Commentary and the New Criterion frequently invoke Lionel Trilling's The Liberal Imagination (1950)--in which Trilling took leftist critics to task for treating literature as documents of class struggle. The Standard itself is fond of condemning academia for cooking up a "Stalinist" stew of left-wing politics and scholarship". But Is It Art Criticism ? The Stalinist aesthetics of ...[Read More]

Fiasco art

Fiasco art Marc Lombardi "Although Bath On James R. Bath : "Among his varied business activities, Mr. Bath represented, as a sort of business agent, at least four prominent and wealthy Saudi Arabian citizens in their U.S. investments. According to public records, those citizens included Salem (sometimes spelled Salim) bin Laden, the favored son of the founder of a great Saudi construction empire, and ...[Read More]

Khalil Gibran (1883-1931)

Khalil Gibran (1883-1931) On the death Than Almitra spoke, saying, "We would ask now of Death." And he said: You would know the secret of death. But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life? The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light. If you would indeed behold the spirit of ...[Read More]