Monthly Archives: January 2013

Nostalgia

Posted on January 31, 2013 by foxpudding

Today I am a little fed up with quality. I’m a little bit tired of superhuman perfection, whether in the hands of the old masters or a modern super-computer. I want to see some wires in my special effects. I’m … Continue reading →

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Pierre Bonnard

Posted on January 24, 2013 by foxpudding

One of the most wonderful things about Bonnard is his lack of affectation. He freely admitted to pursuing art, not because of some great drive to create and discover, but because he thought more conventional pursuits were boring. His greatest … Continue reading →

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Cecil Beaton

Posted on January 17, 2013 by foxpudding

  I sometimes doubt that Americans understand issues of class at all. Our society is so pugnaciously egalitarian that we imagine tangible assets are what distinguish one set of people from another. But as the English understand class, it has … Continue reading →

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Oskar Kokoschka

Posted on January 10, 2013 by foxpudding

Oskar Kokoschka is one of the great lions of the expressionism movement, though his style arose out of his own artistic idiosyncrasies more than from his exposure to other artists of the period. His formal training was slap-dash and so … Continue reading →

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George Caleb Bingham

Posted on January 3, 2013 by foxpudding

I was born a few years too late to be swept up in the full scale, coon-skin cap frenzy, but the caps hung around long enough for me to want one, and the frontiersman image, the explorer vibe, was thick … Continue reading →

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