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Gorgeous Infamy: Peyton's Provincial Pop
No, I'm not going to complain about the beauty of Peyton's androgynous renditions of pop cultural icons. But I am struck by the deep provincialism of a fine artist who so eagerly emulates pop culture's glossy sheen with gesso-polished seduction: if you want to see fine art reduced to a province of pop, do not miss the show.
Sigmund, Unraveled
According to Sigmund Freud, one of the great sexist thinkers of the 20th century, the only contribution women have ever made to civilization in general and the arts in particular is--weaving. What may sound absurd today was influential in its day and age; in fact, Freud's theory of psychoanalysis continues to be influential long after his demise: would contemporary therapy culture be imaginable without his insistence that we look inward and dig deep?
Viral Visions: The Art of Infecting Perception
Picture Vienna at the turn of the last century: an imperial city, home to the Habsburg court, a city between pomp and decay, caught (as if off guard) between the waning days of a centuries old monarchy and a budding bourgeoisie. Picture a city radiating outward from the Ringstrasse, a then recently constructed wide boulevard circling the old inner city, a stately city in shades of grey, flanked by hills in the West and North.
Art and the City
Do cities count as art? I am not talking about public monuments and architecture, street art and gallery scenes, landscaped parks and sparkly fountains--but the city itself, any city--that often chaotic, messy mosaic of neighborhoods and highways and strip malls that make up an urban space.
Robert Tannen, artist and urban planner, would say yes, unequivocally.
The (Mostly Conventional) UnConvention
When Teri Kwant submitted her yard sign to the Walker Art Center's "My Yard Our Message" project, she did not know that "I am for preemptive peace" would turn into the most popular of all the designs submitted. Neither could anyone have anticipated the delicious entendre this sign now resonates with in light of the country's second female vice-presidential nominee's ignorance when it comes to identifying major foreign policy changes authorized by the incumbent and fellow Republican president ...
