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Category Archives: Art
The Excluded Standpoint: The Work of Malcolm Bull
Malcolm Bull (b. 1960) holds the post of Professor of Art and the History of Ideas at the Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford, where he teaches the history and theory of visual culture since 1900. He is a … Continue reading
The LACMA Social Set
Michael Govan (b. 1963) runs the kind of world where a man can fly his own small plane, spot an abandoned Nabisco factory from the air, and turn it into a museum. He did that at Dia:Beacon. He keeps a … Continue reading
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Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics (2009)
From the 2009 edition Introduction by the author Frederic Spotts: * You can discuss Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot with calm reason. But it is almost impossible to talk about Hitler rationally. When, in 2000, Time magazine was considering whom … Continue reading
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The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
Here are some highlights from this 2002 book: * Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance. * Late at night have you experienced a vision of … Continue reading
Jewish Art Critics Vs Norman Rockwell
Few if any great artists (painter, sculptor etc) were Jewish but most of the dominant art critics have been Jewish as Jews tend to have superior verbal skills but not as many skills of dexterity. Steve Sailer wrote in 2010: … Continue reading
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Imagine – The Stupidest Song Ever?
I think Dennis Prager has called Imagine the stupidest song ever. Dennis writes: “Lennon’s utopia is our dystopia. A world without God to give people some certitude where all their suffering is not meaningless is a nightmare. A world without … Continue reading
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Fixations, Fascinations & Fetishes
I have a friend, a truly gentle soul, who tells me: So this makes me angry. A woman may say, "Tell me what’s on your mind. Tell me your deepest darkest fantasies." So finally one day you tell her. You … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptable range, darkest fantasies, dweeb, gentle soul, powerful man, spielvogel
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Paintings Too Controversial For Public Exhibition
Almost six minutes into the documentary The Rape of Europa: "In its basement archives, the Center for Military History in Washington D.C. stores many Nazi paintings too controversial for public exhibition. Among them are early watercolors by Adolf Hitler." I … Continue reading
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Tagged adolf hitler, adolph hitler, army chaplaincy, paintings, public exhibition, rapt crowd, spiritual vitality
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‘The Rape of Europa’
No, rabbi, I was not looking at an R-rated movie. I don’t pollute my mind with such forbidden images. This is a documentary about the Nazis grab for art during World War II and how the good guys got most … Continue reading
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Tagged good guys, handsome woman, nazis, rabbi, world war ii
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Do We Want The Likes Of Norman Podhoretz Running Our Culture?
Jews tend to put more value on success than other groups do. It’s not enough in much of Jewish life to just do your best. You have to succeed to be a real Jew. This pressure leads some people to … Continue reading →