Category Archives: art

A CHAPERONE

Posted on December 23, 2018 by

The monkeys are in among the mangoes. As for the lovely one, she is emerging from Under the trees, the trees laden with mangoes And monkeys.  She’s ambling out of the grove   Bearing the nail marks left by the … Continue reading →

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UNTITLED ABSTRACTIONS

Posted on November 6, 2018 by

    Click this link for details of a new exhibition at The Room By Sadiq Toma. Wednesday 5th December 2018-Tuesday 5th February 2019  Private View – Tuesday 4th December 2018 6pm – 9pm

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We Live in a Nuthouse

Posted on August 20, 2018 by

  Brilliant piece in Hyperallergic.  Click here for this Studs Terkel/Zero Mostel interview posted by Karen Schiff.

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Charged Atmospheres

Posted on September 11, 2017 by

Charged Atmospheres – Alison Marchant A new exhibition at The Room – 33 Holcombe Road, London N17 9AS Sat 30 September – Sunday 12 November, 2017    Private View – Saturday 30 September from 6pm – 9.30pm. Alison Marchant presents … Continue reading →

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THE NEW BEAUTY

Posted on July 24, 2017 by

  Click the link for THE NEW BEAUTY This is an essay published by The Fortnightly Review.   For a complete list of links to other reviews of poets and my previous articles click here: The Fortnightly  

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FIVE FIGURE EXERCISE – Lucinda Childs, Philip Glass, Sol LeWitt, Stuart Sherman and Robert Wilson (1979)

Posted on February 12, 2017 by

FIVE FIGURE EXERCISE – Harpers & Queen, May 1979 I reckon this is a historic document, so re-publish it here. On a still undefined boundary of modern art painter Sol LeWitt, dancer Lucinda Childs and composer Philip Glass are working … Continue reading →

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THE DEHUMANIZATION OF ART (1925) Jose Ortega y Gasset

Posted on September 15, 2015 by

This essay has been a major influence on my work and my thought.  I read it in my twenties, and still value it greatly.  Ortega has always been appreciated by US intellectuals, but is hardly ever cited by writers on art and … Continue reading →

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