Der Defätist / The Defeatist
a lambent dream
gold must be pure, o, doré gold be the cover while under the aegis of fear, rage & spleen we reel to uncover the precipitous continent. the act of unraveling & what it could […]
Month: April 2017
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Featured Posts
Page-turner about a Painter: “An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter” by César Aira
I woke up to a thunderstorm at 5:00 this morning, I’m speaking literally, and started composing this introduction in my head. So apt, because in this partly true, partly fictional (but which parts exactly?) […]
What Meets the Eye
Sahand Tabatabai “Through the Light of the Stars” at SRO Gallery
Big Bear and the Dragon 2016, oil on linen, 30”x 24” A friend who had read a couple of my reviews (at least one) said I don’t want to like paintings. That’s […]
What Meets the Eye
The Painting
The Painting Open Casket, Dana Schutz at the Whitney Biennial The thing is, it’s a wonderful painting. As many have noted, there is nothing else like it (or nearly as good in my […]
Der Defätist / The Defeatist
The Man with the Broken Nose
Rodin,La Petite Tête de l’Homme au nez cassé dears, travelers, as well as click- lead-sale crowd, merchants & affiliates, all able to take it. ID as form of power & sabotage i like to […]
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