I know, this studio photo is a bit creepy, yes? Matisse looks like a frickin’ doctor already. I mean, I wouldn’t be surprised to see a metal table with a paper cover and some elevated stirrups. I can’t imagine that this is how it was done in his studio, at least, I hope that’s not [...]
Dennis Bellone and Paul Corio have teamed up to discuss the institutional critique and a lively discussion it is. Paul began with an incisive discussion about Carl Andre expanding into a larger critique of Postmodern theoretics. “At this point in history, it is understood that the bricks are art, along with a dazzling array of [...]
Some of my friends wanted me to comment on Work of Art. I watched the first episode online (fast-forwarding along.) At the end of the episode I knew that there wasn’t any hope of change. I didn’t watch again. I have not commented and I do not have to. William Powhida is pitch perfect in [...]
“We are led to believe a lie When we see not through the eye…” William Blake I have been fascinated with Bernini’s sculptures since my first trip to Rome. Winding ’round Scipione’s old house and coming upon this vision had my heart in my throat. Truth be told, I could care less about its narrative [...]
We are almost back on track here at Henri. But in the meantime you might want to take a look at Charlie Finch’s recent article on the Matisse show at MOMA. It’s Charlie’s best of the year so far, and it will be one of our top 10. I’ve read it through a number of [...]
What more can I say? Henri’s back up and working, and I’m not… patience please! More to come on reality…
I’ve been doing some reading and research for the next reality post which I hope to have up soon. But in the meantime I came across some things that I found interesting about issues of sexuality and gender in our electronic reality. I’m not quite sure what to do with these links yet, if anything, [...]
“After dinner they looked at the photographs which Durieu has been kind enough to send me. I persuaded them to try an experiment that I made quite by chance a couple of days ago. After examining the photographs of nude models, some of whom were poor physical specimens, with parts of the body overdeveloped – [...]
Paul Corio, painter and theorist at No Hassle at the Castle has revived his series on Bad Painting, and I highly recommend you check it out! The essays are really succinct and give us a sharp critique of institutional “rebellion.” The painter Dennis Bellone has written a marvelous comment to the last Bad Painting post [...]
The other day I was reminded of the way Postmodern excess continues to hum blithely beneath the thin veneer of our everyday realities. I was standing among a group of folks waiting for the crosswalk sign to change. Another ordinary moment in the city, but in this case, there were two straggling SUVs traveling at [...]