Richard Armstrong, Director of the Guggenheim NYC
Roger Scruton’s Why Beauty Matters; And Did I Have a Small Part in It?
I was relieved that my article Pandora's Box Part III was published in the Free Radical (magazine and online) in 2002, while this Scruton publication was released in November 2009.
Before Everything There Was Visual Art
Update on my WIP Model in the Studio
Today’s update on Model in the Studio, wip, oil on linen, 42x56” It is very interesting that there is a war going on now in the humanities, arts, and in politics. Essentially it’s reason, perception, truth, science, human values, benevolence, resolution, sense, and evolution vs. misinterpretation, manipulation, lies, opinion, ignorance, snark, malevolence, arbitrary, senseless, and devolution. I could not be happier and I chose wisely. Everything in this painting is in the first group, the 2nd group is post modern crap. Hard work and flourishing or bitter rage? Apparently for many people it’s not an easy choice.
The Cult of Oblivion: CIA, Abstract Expressionists, and Kant
In the mid-20th century these three forces––Kant's philosophy, abstract expressionists, and the CIA––congealed ostensibly to champion freedom and originality, instead accomplished an undermining of art and consequently humanity. The connections and machinations are so complicated and obtuse it is hard to take them seriously, but it does make a difference in understanding them, at least in the sense of whether or not our culture evolves.
Want to Know What Your Future Is? Examine the Art You Like and the Art of Your Time
The future awaiting you is to be seen in the art you engage with. Will I have beauty in my life? Am I doomed to depression? Will justice prevail? Will I be happy? Will I be cut up by a chainsaw? Will I throw myself over a cliff or find exaltation in living in the present?
Icarus Landing: Incorporating and Transcending Two Major Traditions in Western Civilization
First They Came for Black
Portrait of Duchamp
Portrait of Duchamp, ink on paper, 5 x 5"
From Modern to Postmodern Art and Beyond by Stephen Hicks, 1 and 2, 28 min
https://youtu.be/DP-kY-hAzlc https://youtu.be/itZGGJB-_M4 From Modern to Postmodern Art by Dr. Stephen Hicks, philosopher. From October 6th, 2003, The Foundation for the Advancement of Art presented this at New York’s Pierre Hotel.
Innovation, Substance, Vision – The Future of Art Conference in Art in NY, 2003
On October 6th, 2003, The Foundation for the Advancement of Art presented Innovation, Substance, Vision--The Future of Art at The Pierre Hotel in New York City. With a panel of philosophers, artists, and scientists, the conference addressed the importance and future of art. The international audience included major figures from the worlds of art and …
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Pandora’s Box Part 3
Pandora’s Box Part 2
... pathetically, only Hope remained inside. In the other version the box held all of humanity's glories. When she opened the box progress, knowledge, and exaltation vanished into oblivion, forever lost to humanity.