Artist Chasing Eudaemonia, ACE
A quote from my upcoming book, Pandora’s Box and Other Essays. The quote was from my article originally published on October 8, 2001, less than a month after 9/11. Directly preceding it is the definition of civilization from the American Heritage Dictionary: “An advanced state of intellectual, cultural, and material development in human society, marked …
Postmodernists are a pathological cult of oblivion, they should never be allowed teaching art or near children, because their outlook is rotten to the core.
Postmodern art history is rife with short-lived movements–someone tries to reduce art to scratches, to emptiness, or to Vaseline. It is like a species that doesn’t have enough code to evolve and consequently dies.
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.
There are people in the world who can’t stand to see that beauty and creativity exist. The guy who took a hatchet to the Pieta of Michelangelo. The Taliban leader who chose to blow up the Buddhist cliff sculptures.
Today I was looking for alternative news outlets, and I came a link to the dated article, Museum [The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center] Proposes Melting Lee Statue to Make New Artwork, Oct. 21, 2021, Bloomberg, US edition. Which piqued my interest for one reason: as a variation on the postmodern project—destroying an artwork …
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The Tufts project by Jenny Polak does two things that are classic postmodern sabotage. They use the esteemed status of art, made possible by great artists, to elevate a protest to a grander status. And by dedicating their reputation, resources, and their art department to juvenile protest posters scattered around the campus they suck the life out of aesthetic innovation, advancement, and the soul of art.
Michael Newberry’s presentation of the contrast between insanely praised postmodern artists with the most innovative and forward looking figurative artists practicing right now.
And a Brief Look at Chairman Emeritus, Leonard A. Lauder Do you ever feel you are being manipulated by incomprehensible forces? Do you ever get the nauseating feeling of being had? Do you feel powerless to change it? You are, have been, and the jury is out on the last. Currently at the Whitney Biennial, …
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Michael Newberry 