Art and Politics Now

Criticism must think of itself as . . . opposed to every form of tyranny, domination and abuse. Its social goals are non-coercive knowledge produced in the interest of human freedom. Edward Said The World The Text and the Critic 1983

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Provence then and now

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In our trip to France, we visited St. Remy (the asylum where Van Gogh painted some extraordinary artworks), this is the view out of his wi...

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Monday, June 14, 2010

Henry Moore, Steve McQueen, "War and the Body" and "War Horse"

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This shadowy photograph shows a sculpture by Henry Moore at the Tate Britain. It is in the permanent collection, not part of their new exhi...

Monday, June 7, 2010

Two Iraqi artists and one Palestinian artist

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I had the good fortune to meet two Iraqi artists during a brief stay in London. First Hana' Malallah, whom I have written about on this ...

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Friday, April 30, 2010

T.J. Clark on Guernica

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Two great minds, Picasso and T.J. Clark matched in a lecture. At first I was dubious, when the first statement Professor Clark made was ...

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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Two plays about war and one "quilt"

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Theaters can make statements about war, directors care, but sometimes it is a little ambiguous what the plays actually say. Two plays in Sea...

Monday, April 12, 2010

From Oppression to Liberation

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"Boycott Israeli Apartheid" the pro Palestinian protest at Westlake Plaza in downtown Seattle had a huge audience last weekend b...

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