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  • ARCHIVE / August, 2008
  • Pincus-Witten on Style

    “Style is the bourgeois word for history. Style reinforces a bourgeois notion of history even as it conspires to transform the work of art into commodity. Style, above all else, allows for the alchemical transformation of art into capital.”

    Posted on Aug 19.08 to Studio   Add a Comment   

  • Reinhardt on Abstraction vs. Illustration

    “We don’t have to dwell on what a picture is - it has subject matter, tells some story, is photographic or cinematographic, and sometimes is just plain hand-painted.  The best and most effective pictures can be found in magazines and movies.  If an artist is concerned with communication and a larger public, he should get [...]

    Posted on Aug 13.08 to Idea, Influence, Politics   Add a Comment   

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