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Sunday, 25 January 2015
Saturday, 24 January 2015
Image Study VIII: Crude (part 1)
I think that I subconsciously selected this week's concept after working several shifts serving members of the "cultural elite". While I realize the irony in posting "works of art" - from the MET no less- as representative images of crudeness (an irony that the art world has reveled in for the past 100-150 years), crude images - or more correctly, what Western contemporary society has and has not deemed crude- is a compelling subject for study(so compelling, there's a part 2!). Particularly interesting and also frustrating is the acceptance of images that demonstrate the destructive and dehumanizing effects of capitalism as mere pieces of art, valued as commodities that represent the artist's insight into humanity. Over time do these images lose political valence? Did they ever have any?
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| "God" by Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven and Morton Schamberg Morton Schamberg and Elsa von Freytag- Loringhoven - 1917 Photograph- Gelatin silver print |
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| Portrait of an Italian Woman German painter active first third of 16th century Oil on wood |
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| Apartment Houses, Paris Jean Dubuffet - 1946 Oil with sand and charcoal on canvas |
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| The Street Philip Guston- 1977 Oil on canvas |
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| Berlin Street George Grosz - 1931 Oil on canvas |
Thursday, 22 January 2015
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
red, red, red
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| Fifty Days at Iliam: The Fire that Consumes All before It Cy Twombly - 1978 Oil, oil crayon and graphite on canvas |
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| Self portrait in a Velvet Dress Frida Kahlo- 1926 Oil on canvas |
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| Liberty Jean-Michel Basquiat- 1983 Acrylic, charcoal, crayon, pastel, pencil |
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Monday, 19 January 2015
Sunday, 18 January 2015
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