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Author Archives: Megan M. Garwood
Walking Man
by Jacob Kiernan
I remember the first time I visited the Lotusland, Paris. I was eight, my brother was four, we stayed in the Regina and spent most of our time playing rigged amusement park games at the Jardin des Tuileries. In fact, anytime we weren’t shooting bb guns or inhaling cotton candy, we were probably sulking.
Auguste Rodin St. John the Babtist, France, 1907, Bronze, Height 214 cm, Musée … Continue reading »
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Tagged Henri Cartier Bresson, Jake Kiernan, Joel Shapiro, Musée Rodin, Rodin, Sculpture Center
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Sweet Time
by Jacob Kiernan
Honey Baby, 2013, Video (still), Edition of 10 + 4 AP, Performer: Nick Sciscione, Videographer: Kirsten Johnson, Composer: Tom Laurie, Editor: Amanda Laws, © Janine Antoni and Stephen Petronio; Courtesy of the artists and Luhring Augustine, New York.
To get to Janine Antoni and Stephen Petronio’s video installation Honey Baby, one must navigate a boneyard of twisted skeletons. On screen, a body writhes languidly in a vat … Continue reading »
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Tagged +aRt, CUE Art Foundation, Don DeLillo, honey, Honey Baby, installation, Jake Kiernan, Janine Antoni, Joseph Beuys, Luhring Augustine, The Body Artist
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A Real Problem with Theoretical Value Judgement
by Megan M. Garwood
Vincent van Gogh, Roadway with Underpass (Le viaduc), 1887, Oil on cardboard, mounted on panel, 12 7/8 x 16 1/8 inches (32.7 x 41 cm), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Thannhauser Collection, Gift, Justin K. Thannhauser, 1978
Traditional branches of philosophy include metaphysics, ethics, aesthetics and logic. In academic discourses, these branches are generally treated separately. Brilliant scholars dedicate their lives to studying within these … Continue reading »
Posted in Essays
Tagged Aesthetics, CUE Art Foundation, David Hume, Depression, Ethics, Happiness, John Stuart Mill, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Megan M Garwood, On Verge, Peter Railton, philosophy, William James
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#smartart
by Jacob Kiernan
Hans-Christian Lotz, Die Hanfreibe der Oberen Mühle in Steinach im Freilichtmuseum Vogtsbauernhof Gutach 2014 (The Hemp Press of the Upper Mill in Steinach at the Open Air Museum Vogtsbauernhof in Gutach 2014), 2015, Aluminium, record 16 STA module, Glass, Steel, Silicone caulk, mixed media, 119 x 142 x 9 inches, Courtesy of David Lewis Gallery
What is #smartart? I ask this question with candor and without preconception. … Continue reading »
Peter Passuntino’s “Explosive Color”
On view until March 7th Located at shny, 116 Suffolk Street (Btwn Rivington & Delancey)
Peter Passuntino is an artist’s artist. He’s been producing artwork for over 50 years and doesn’t quit, not only continuing the trajectory of his personal work but also further pushing the boundaries he set out to push when he helped write a manifesto for the art movement Rhino Horn. Not to be missed most? A … Continue reading »
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Trill Copy Shares Music Maddness with On-Verge: love, peace, and nappyness, fredgy
Fredgy Noël for Trill Copy
“The xx—Terminal 5 August 2, 2012,” Trill Copy
Fredgy Noël
Pure joy. That’s what I felt that Thursday morning as I was getting dressed to go to work…as I danced in the hallways of my corporate job…as I trekked to 10th avenue to go see the xx.
This may be a weird place to start, but I will any way. Back in 2010 I had … Continue reading »
The One that Got Away hopes a “Remedy” to Post-Production Blues
Screen still from Remedy website. Click image to view film trailer.
Support MFA dream of SVA graduate Cheyenne Picardo by contributing to the post-production of Remedy. On the film’s website, Picardo explains Remedy as “a narrative feature about a young woman who becomes a sex worker almost by accident – first as a dominatrix, then transitioning into a full-time professional submissive.”
In theory, Picardo could potentially delve into a taboo … Continue reading »
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Tagged Feminist film, feminist performance art, film, Indie Film, indiegogo, kickstarter, Lower East Side, performance art, Remedy
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