tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post2280181746050276756..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Killing ArtStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-74075884409461334812018-12-16T15:15:58.482-08:002018-12-16T15:15:58.482-08:00Modern Art Was (is) a CIA Weapon:
https://www.in...Modern Art Was (is) a CIA Weapon: <br />https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/modern-art-was-cia-weapon-1578808.html<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-42552765957547797862018-12-14T23:55:36.775-08:002018-12-14T23:55:36.775-08:00The emperor is parading around the academy with hi...The emperor is parading around the academy with his schvantz out while everyone talks of his fine haberdashery.autothreadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922732992155191413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-72056649128279704252018-12-13T17:55:04.118-08:002018-12-13T17:55:04.118-08:00"Art schools require students to justify and ..."Art schools require students to justify and explain their art in highly theoretical terms, but give them no adequate instruction in philosophy, literature, or any other discursive field that prizes subtle distinctions or analytical clarity. M.F.A. candidates are assigned books by Fredric Jameson, Jacques Rancière, Alain Badiou, and other prophets bellowing down from the cliffs of high theory."<br /><br />I think I've previously cited a thought from Andre Maurois: People who are intelligent, but not in any way creative, tend to eagerly latch on to intellectual systems developed by others and to apply them rigidly.<br /><br />Probably has a lot to do with what's happening in the academic art field.<br /><br />Also, the higher-education establishment is pursuing a growth-at-any-price model, which implies attracting a lot of students who may not have the talent to do serious art. David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-90520866599187156322018-12-12T20:04:35.989-08:002018-12-12T20:04:35.989-08:00It would appear that the "arts" crowd ha...It would appear that the "arts" crowd has "issues". Good thing that was an X-acto knife (with a short blade), and not a largish kitchen knife. An 8" or 10" knife could have killed her.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-91197484898618908062018-12-12T14:25:20.517-08:002018-12-12T14:25:20.517-08:00Some things never change. More recently, in "...Some things never change. More recently, in "Back to Blood" (2013), Wolfe had a scene at the Miami Art Basel in which a performance artist pulled out a string of sausages from her vagina that she had previously placed there, all while chanting "defucked, defucked". <br /><br />And to show that life really imitates art (or is it the other way around?), the following actually DID occur at the Miami Art Basel three years ago:<br /><br />https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/visual-arts/art-basel/article48069515.html<br /><br />Note in particular graf 4 of the story. <br />sestamibinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-24172803137248523282018-12-12T11:40:57.302-08:002018-12-12T11:40:57.302-08:00"Yet there is a contradiction here, as Fine a..."Yet there is a contradiction here, as Fine acknowledges: If beauty is commercial, then why do elite collectors, in step with art-world conventions, clamor after "ugly" art?"<br />Colleges and liberals are leftists, who ADORE ugliness because it's "real" and "raw".<br /><br />I do not go to art exhibits, but I wonder, are there "artists" who do "Philip Glass" paintings (unpainted canvases, in the spirit of Glass' 4' 12")?Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-76035209537985290792018-12-12T10:55:15.638-08:002018-12-12T10:55:15.638-08:00Thanks for recalling Wolfe... amazing to think tha...Thanks for recalling Wolfe... amazing to think that the book is over 40 years old.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-11137228210929947172018-12-12T10:08:00.396-08:002018-12-12T10:08:00.396-08:00This is a nice companion piece to Tom Wolfe’s “Th...This is a nice companion piece to Tom Wolfe’s “The Painted Word” (1975)Tom Hendrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03991966162918920178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-64729097395765149562018-12-12T09:11:13.900-08:002018-12-12T09:11:13.900-08:00I've offered previously my view that this is a...I've offered previously my view that this is an intentional, aggressive destruction of (our former) culture...<br />and can be traced to the German Frankfurt School and its "March through the Institutions".<br /><br />The destructive system has been in place at least since the Armory show in NYC of 1913. Duchamp had a primary role in "the game". Look up Willi Munzenberg for quotes and ideas from an F. School member.<br /><br />A society without beauty. What joy.<br /><br />"One senior faculty member likens a course on drawing to learning Latin."<br /><br />I neither learned, nor read,nor speak Latin. I do,however, recognize it is a powerful tool for thinking, of which modern academia is willfully ignorant.<br /><br />Ask a modern academic about the Trivium and Quadrivium. Prepare for blank stares.<br /><br />- shoe<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-88474357077087881622018-12-12T05:33:40.065-08:002018-12-12T05:33:40.065-08:00"...affirm membership in a cult." Broth..."...affirm membership in a cult." Brother you've said a mouthful!<br />What was once a site of study, learning, intellectual growth, and universal knowledge has become a tailor's shop for the emperor's new clothes. What hooey comes from those ivy covered halls, and what tripe is produced by their graduates; it seems to outsiders the fine arts are no more than finger-painting for adult children trying to avoid adult responsibilities. "See what I made mommy!". Bah. Nothing NOTHING good will come of the pursuit of pride and the fine arts scene is proof.<br />Very good summary and thank you for posting it.Dan Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18306436521768077821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-91730882210155815142018-12-12T05:32:23.453-08:002018-12-12T05:32:23.453-08:00That sounds remarkably similar to the philosophy w...That sounds remarkably similar to the philosophy world described in the Avital Ronell abuse case. <br />We are living in a post truth world but truth exist and it will reassert itself. It always doeswhitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01339343160301118530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-53741415698668803912018-12-12T05:26:10.485-08:002018-12-12T05:26:10.485-08:00Channeling the World's Most Interesting Man......Channeling the World's Most Interesting Man...<br /><br />I don't always do art, but when I do, I prefer Silly String and Betty Page ephemera. Stay edgy, my friends.Dr. Irredeemable Dregnoreply@blogger.com