For my post-introduction aesthetics post, I wanted to talk some about Plato, and specifically whether and why the poets need…
art and self-restraint: the work of david shrigley
I laughed a little when I found this drawing on the website for David Shrigley, a Glasgow-based artist. There’s not…
“Froth” and “Cloud Formations”
“You know,” the painter said, “that art froth, that artist fornication, that general art-and-artist loathsomeness, I always found that repelling;…
There and Not There: the World Trade Center Towers in Art
Below are three works of art that include, as part of their subjects, the World Trade Center towers. I. This…
the second naïveté: notes about the artist who retreats
Below is a painting by Syd Barrett (1946-2006), a founding member of the English band Pink Floyd who left the group…