Cubism and the Trompe l’Oeil Tradition

Jeff Koons “Gazing Ball (Manet Luncheon on the Grass)” (2015)

A Few Ideas about Art Criticism: Part 2

March 22, 2023 Talking Pictures 0

When I wandered into Gagosian in 2016 at the very beginning of my career as an art critic and saw Jeff Koons’ Gazing Balls, I went up to look closely at the reproduction of Manet’s […]

Three-Dimensional Space: Cubism and the Trompe l’Oeil Tradition

December 14, 2022 Talking Pictures 1

It takes a leap of the imagination, on the part of the curators (of course!) but on the part of the viewers too, to connect Cubism and trompe l’oeil. Once you start leaping though, it’s […]