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The artist Kim Keever has mastered a technique that captures a new class of images: the Anthropoc... more The artist Kim Keever has mastered a technique that captures a new class of images: the Anthropocene Sublime. This version of the Sublime encompasses the emotions of the original definition, including awe and fear, but within the context of the ongoing environmental degradation of our planet. Devoid of postmodern ironic distance, this new version of the sublime is an example of meta-modernity.
Was the notorious Times Square Show an example of early social practice? The attitudes of the org... more Was the notorious Times Square Show an example of early social practice? The attitudes of the organizers, including, Colab, Fashion Moda and the Studio Museum of Harlem suggest that their choice of location was a deliberate attempt to engage as many social cross-sections of New York City as possible in the the most wide-open neighborhood in Manhattan: the Deuce.
The Louvre is a good book to consult but it must be only an intermediary. The real and immense st... more The Louvre is a good book to consult but it must be only an intermediary. The real and immense study to be undertaken is in the manifold picture of nature. (italics added) -Paul Cézanne, Letter to Emile Bernard dated May 12,1904 In his course "Interdisciplinary Art," Steven Henry Madoff outlines his argument on the fundamentals of interdisciplinary art practice with this statement: …let me start by saying that all interdisciplinary art derives from painting, sculpture, and theater. From the experience of art as a pictorial surface and as a physical, three-dimensional space into which actors enter, interact, and propel the conception of the work. (AP Art History I, Lecture #2,Page. 3)
The artist Kim Keever has mastered a technique that captures a new class of images: the Anthropoc... more The artist Kim Keever has mastered a technique that captures a new class of images: the Anthropocene Sublime. This version of the Sublime encompasses the emotions of the original definition, including awe and fear, but within the context of the ongoing environmental degradation of our planet. Devoid of postmodern ironic distance, this new version of the sublime is an example of meta-modernity.
Was the notorious Times Square Show an example of early social practice? The attitudes of the org... more Was the notorious Times Square Show an example of early social practice? The attitudes of the organizers, including, Colab, Fashion Moda and the Studio Museum of Harlem suggest that their choice of location was a deliberate attempt to engage as many social cross-sections of New York City as possible in the the most wide-open neighborhood in Manhattan: the Deuce.
The Louvre is a good book to consult but it must be only an intermediary. The real and immense st... more The Louvre is a good book to consult but it must be only an intermediary. The real and immense study to be undertaken is in the manifold picture of nature. (italics added) -Paul Cézanne, Letter to Emile Bernard dated May 12,1904 In his course "Interdisciplinary Art," Steven Henry Madoff outlines his argument on the fundamentals of interdisciplinary art practice with this statement: …let me start by saying that all interdisciplinary art derives from painting, sculpture, and theater. From the experience of art as a pictorial surface and as a physical, three-dimensional space into which actors enter, interact, and propel the conception of the work. (AP Art History I, Lecture #2,Page. 3)