tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987736854176165487.post2777045536005122480..comments2024-03-26T10:07:14.049-04:00Comments on Painting: Topoi of Contemporary Culture: Thomas Kinkade, McDonalds and MoMA's "Forever Now" Martin Mugarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12799696151828817646noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987736854176165487.post-66534724280333812852023-10-28T09:26:32.108-04:002023-10-28T09:26:32.108-04:00Interesting that both Hollingsworth and Nechvatal ...Interesting that both Hollingsworth and Nechvatal show in Paris at Galerie RichardMartin Mugarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799696151828817646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987736854176165487.post-57039156947114066822020-02-24T18:25:42.933-05:002020-02-24T18:25:42.933-05:00has anyone picked up on the irony that the hammer ...has anyone picked up on the irony that the hammer and sickles look like upside down MacDonald arches.Martin Mugarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799696151828817646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987736854176165487.post-89059438898007209372015-06-26T06:50:08.168-04:002015-06-26T06:50:08.168-04:00This appeared on Hyperallergic in response to a co...This appeared on Hyperallergic in response to a comment I made on his essay: "Thank you Martin. I read with great interest your thoughtful essay. To be derivative is perfectly normal in societies that restrict their art to classical formula, but do we really want to be in that boat at this late date? One thing you said really jumped at me: "Either we use abstraction ironically or pathetically (with pathos), or expunge any remnant of the self and let art blend into technology by destroying the boundaries of the human and the machine." My feeling is that there is greater range between these two options. I am exploring the self (myself) through art that blend with media/technology by blurring the boundaries of the human and the machine."Joseph Nechvatalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nechvatalnoreply@blogger.com