Wayne Thiebaud's Passion for Art History Shines in 'Art Comes from Art'
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Wayne Thiebaud's Passion for Art History Shines in 'Art Comes from Art'
There is already so much out there, how is one supposed to invent something new and original then? Something that has never been there before, is unique. But maybe uniqueness is just a neoliberal lie as everything is a byproduct of its environment, we are and so is art. Isn’t it much more of appreciating the already existing, finding inspiration
... See moreThe possibilities of what we might now think, and know, and become are not necessarily novel in the sense of never having been witnessed before. Many artists work in and with historical tropes and beckon, through them, beyond the present horizon. It is that bidirectionality that allows them to crack open the network of thought.
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“Now that painting has gone up so many blind alleys,” Lagerfeld continues, “I feel that photography is the art that best expresses our age. I am afraid that painting is a finished form, like opera. Photography must be protected from becoming too ‘official.’ It must remain a living art.” Painting certainly is, in its more traditional forms,
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