Feb 20, 2012

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George Grosz, “Großstadt,” [“Metropolis”], 1917.

George Grosz, “Großstadt,” [“Metropolis”], 1917.

Feb 20, 2012

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No one ever hates without a cause — […] And I’ll tell you something else. A minority has its own kind of aggression. It absolutely dares the majority to attack it. It hates the majority — not without a cause, I grant you. It even hates the other minorities — because all minorities are in competition; each one proclaims that its sufferings are the worst and its wrongs are the blackest. And the more they all hate, and the more they’re all persecuted, the nastier they become! Do you think it makes people nasty to be loved? You know it doesn’t! Then why should it make them nice to be loathed? While you’re being persecuted, you hate what’s happening to you, you hate the people who are making it happen; you’re in a world of hate. Why, you wouldn’t recognize love if you met it! You’d suspect love! You’d think there was something behind it — some motive — some trick —
Christopher Isherwood, A Single Man, 1964.  It’s been a while since I read a novel.
Feb 2, 2012

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Have we reached the end? Has Science turned its last page on them? May there not be methods of using explosive energy incomparably more intense than anything heretofore discovered? Might not a bomb no bigger than an orange be found to possess a secret power to destroy a whole block of buildings—nay to concentrate the force of a thousand tons of cordite and blast a township at a stroke? Could not explosives even of the existing type be guided automatically in flying machines by wireless or other rays, without a human pilot, in ceaseless procession on a hostile city, arsenal, camp, or dockyard?
Winston Churchill, “Shall We All Commit Suicide?,” an essay, 1924.  

(Source: Wired)

Jan 21, 2012

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Thomas Cole, “The Subsiding of the Waters of the Deluge,” 1829, Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Thomas Cole, “The Subsiding of the Waters of the Deluge,” 1829, Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Jan 20, 2012

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Nur eine Waffe taugt: -
die Wunde schliesst
der Speer nur, der sie schlug.

Only one weapon is suitable: -
Only the spear which caused
The wound can heal it.

Richard Wagner, “Parsifal,” 1882.
Jan 17, 2012

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Conrad Felixmüller, “Portrait of Raoul Hausmann,” circa 1920.

Conrad Felixmüller, “Portrait of Raoul Hausmann,” circa 1920.

Jan 17, 2012

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August Sander, “Portrait of the Dadaist Raoul Hausmann,” circa 1920.  

August Sander, “Portrait of the Dadaist Raoul Hausmann,” circa 1920.  

Jan 14, 2012

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Dec 18, 2011

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Cave painting depicting aurochs (ancient bulls) from the Lascaux caves, circa 17,000 BC.

Cave painting depicting aurochs (ancient bulls) from the Lascaux caves, circa 17,000 BC.

Dec 18, 2011

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Pablo Picasso, “Bull,” plates I-XI, 1945-1946.

Pablo Picasso, “Bull,” plates I-XI, 1945-1946.

Nov 25, 2011

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artandopinion:

Herbert von Reyl-Hanisch, “Persecution,” 1932.

artandopinion:

Herbert von Reyl-Hanisch, “Persecution,” 1932.

Nov 24, 2011

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William S. Burroughs, “Thanksgiving Prayer,” 1986, filmed by Gus van Sant.

Nov 13, 2011

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David Hockney, “Peter [Schlesinger] Getting Out of Nick’s Pool,” 1966, Museum of Liverpool.

David Hockney, “Peter [Schlesinger] Getting Out of Nick’s Pool,” 1966, Museum of Liverpool.

Aug 20, 2011

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Lucian Freud with Zebra Head, circa 1943.

Lucian Freud with Zebra Head, circa 1943.

Aug 14, 2011

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Stakhanov Workers
1937
Alexander Deineka

artandopinion:

Stakhanov Workers

1937

Alexander Deineka

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