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Posted by zmcfarlen | Feb 26th, 2009
Elizabeth Gilbert: A New Way to Think about Creativity
“Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses — and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person ‘being’ a genius, all of us ‘have’ a genius. It’s a funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk.” - http://www.ted.com
If you are a creative type or love someone who is, you should absolutely watch this video. While...
Posted by zmcfarlen | Feb 25th, 2009
Appropriating Originality: Roland Barthes and Barbara Kruger
I recently wrote this essay for my graduate Art History course.
Postmodernism was born out of a reaction against the doctrine of Modernism. Most specifically, Postmodern artists rejected the Modernist obsession with the aesthetic and began by questioning the formal qualities tied to this aesthetic. As the Postmodern movement progressed, this critique intensified and moved beyond merely formal concerns; artists...
Posted by zmcfarlen | Feb 25th, 2009
Completing the Break from Modernism: Kiefer and Prince
I recently wrote this essay for my graduate Art History course.
The transition from Modernism to Postmodernism was not a clean, singular moment in time; rather, Postmodernism confronted and superseded Modernism over a period of two to three decades. Postmodernism had completely come to the forefront by the late 1970s and early 1980s. The defining work in this period heralded a return to representational image...
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