Rubenessence by Peter Schjeldahl |
from the New Yorker, Feb 7, 2005
...Nor do Rubens's characters appear significantly more intelligent than his farm animals. They are puppets of an unrelentingly inflated rhetoricism, numb to pain ...
Posted by Wil on Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:49:00 PST |
Yohji Yamamoto on what's Sexy |
1. I believe that there are three conditions to a woman's beauty. First, you must realize that not all women are beautiful all of the time. Sometimes beauty comes on a subconscious level. When she ...
Posted by Wil on Sun, 22 Jan 2006 09:52:00 PST |
Identification, Alienation, Freedom |
from the chapter
THE END OF IDENTIFICATION
The problem of identification is inevitably more complicated for young Americans. Partly because of the pace of social change identification must be ca...
Posted by Wil on Sun, 08 Jan 2006 03:16:00 PST |
Elizabeth Peyton |
posted by Harry:
http://www.dailygusto.com/blog/archives/features/000070.php
In many ways, Peyton is to the current scene what David Salle was to the 80's. Both are devoted to photographs as the s...
Posted by Wil on Sun, 08 Jan 2006 02:09:00 PST |
Jack Pierson's Art + The qualitative value of snapshots |
Associated at the outset of his career with a certain obvious grouping of photographers (including Nan Goldin, David Armstrong, Mark Morrisroe and Philip-lorca diCorcia) who had befriended one another...
Posted by Wil on Sun, 08 Jan 2006 01:53:00 PST |
Superflat - Successful Arty Formula |
past present = future by Michael Darling
If I had to tell a young artist just starting out only two bits of advice to set him or her off on a successful career, it would be to have a strong sens...
Posted by Wil on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
Little Boy - Subculture's Appropriation Becomes Art |
Japanese Neo Pop is not a mere appropriation of the imagery of subculture--anime, manga, and tokusatsu--into the realm of fine art. Such a simplistic interpretation unduly consigns this Japanese phen...
Posted by Wil on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
Little Boy - Mahomi Kunikata |
Mahomi Kunikata (b.1979) emerged from Geijutsu Dojo (literally, "Training Hall of Art), a hands-on educational program to "revolutionize Japanese art" organized by Takashi Murakami in 2000, the year s...
Posted by Wil on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
Little Boy - Evangelion |
It is the final scene of the film version. When Shinji comes to he has been asleep, naked. Rei, also naked, straddles him, her hand poised to melt and fuse with Shinji's torso. The Humanity Complement...
Posted by Wil on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
Little Boy - Howl's Moving Castle |
In the story, Sophie bounces back and forth between eighteen and ninety, aging when she is indecisive and regaining her youthful appearance whenever she makes a choice.Miyazaki has created the ultimat...
Posted by Wil on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
