tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987736854176165487.post106027161033188547..comments2024-03-26T10:07:14.049-04:00Comments on Painting: Ideas Matter: The 1929 Davos Debate and Modern ArtMartin Mugarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12799696151828817646noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987736854176165487.post-3702449330408990602022-08-28T18:49:33.828-04:002022-08-28T18:49:33.828-04:00btw Hauer was the only Yale teacher to praise my w...btw Hauer was the only Yale teacher to praise my work post-Yale. Bernie Chaet however kept me employed and introduced me to the Provincetown scene.Martin Mugarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799696151828817646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987736854176165487.post-67403463036742406552019-04-24T22:08:45.984-04:002019-04-24T22:08:45.984-04:00The individual who manages Hauer's sculpture b...The individual who manages Hauer's sculpture business took issue with my calling Hauer Albers's protege. Hauer did not like it although it was part of the legend.To quote the film "The Man who shot Liberty Valance" : when the legend becomes fact print the legend. I have changed the text to satisfy his request. Martin Mugarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799696151828817646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987736854176165487.post-64827381595025153022019-03-07T08:11:30.719-05:002019-03-07T08:11:30.719-05:00I was ready to send the manuscript of my textbook ...I was ready to send the manuscript of my textbook to Hauer and emailed him.It came back and I feared the worst.Indeed he passed away this last December. He commented favorably on my work in an email from 2014. Probably saw a similarity in the repetitive and screenlike aspect of my work to his screens.Martin Mugarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799696151828817646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987736854176165487.post-8216153901761475832018-01-06T18:06:44.905-05:002018-01-06T18:06:44.905-05:00There is an anecdote about Davos 1929 that I read ...There is an anecdote about Davos 1929 that I read once and can no longer locate.It is about some philosopher not standing up to greet Heidegger when he entered the stage.Everyone else on the bench did and as the one who demurred was sitting on the end of the bench, the bench flipped and he fell to the floor. Martin Mugarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799696151828817646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987736854176165487.post-72727313999911718632017-12-28T14:36:34.380-05:002017-12-28T14:36:34.380-05:00Interesting to learn that Heidegger used Matisse’s...Interesting to learn that Heidegger used Matisse’s home in Switzerland.There was a network of French intellectuals who reached out to Heidegger after the War. In one of the seminars that took place in Provence in the late 60’s he admitted it was their mutual admiration for Cezanne that brought them together. As far as I know among the three philosophers it was only Heidegger who commented on Cezanne. The other’s were scientifically oriented and liked the arts when they were supportive of the scientific structuring of mass society, hence Carnap’s sympathy for the Bauhaus. I know that Sartre had a lot to say about Giacometti as did Merleau-Ponty. but I don’t think that Heidegger commented on him. Maybe the late Heidegger was less into the dramatic notions of throwness and anxiety of his early work that could apply to Giacometti and more into listening and letting be, which would explain his interest in Klee. Cezanne remains an artist who can surprise me no matter how many years I have looked at and thought I understood his work. It is interesting that notions of nothingness from Heidegger do work their way into the postmodern thinkers in particular deMan. There is a whole school of Japanese thinkers who were interested in his notions of the void as they are aligned with Buddhism. And Heidegger reciprocated the interest in them. It is the only solvent that keeps my work going forward. Your feedback is valuable as always.Martin Mugarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799696151828817646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987736854176165487.post-89037484163001659922017-12-28T14:35:42.571-05:002017-12-28T14:35:42.571-05:00Hi Martin, I hope this finds you well and that you...Hi Martin, I hope this finds you well and that you had a good Christmas. Thank you for sending me your blog. I think it would be interesting to compare what the three philosophers had to say about Cezanne. I'm pretty sure they all wrote about him. Heidegger has the nice line about his brush-strokes being suspended above a void. I think Heidegger would have responded well to Giacometti as you suggest, but I don't know if he did. Maybe they met though, given that Heidegger used Matisse's house in Switzerland to give seminars while banned from teaching after the war. I think Heidegger would have especially been interested in Giacometti's portraits where he draws the space around the head. All the best, Jeremy.Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfehttp://www.jeremygilbert-rolfe.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987736854176165487.post-63288131148802779202017-12-24T08:49:36.124-05:002017-12-24T08:49:36.124-05:00Probably the least rhetorical of my blog posts. Le...Probably the least rhetorical of my blog posts. Least amount of "I" . Probably less entertaining.Martin Mugarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799696151828817646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987736854176165487.post-15939246923104230122017-12-22T17:52:20.285-05:002017-12-22T17:52:20.285-05:00Thanks for the blogpost. I’m glad someone is payin...Thanks for the blogpost. I’m glad someone is paying attention to questions about existence. To me there is always a question at the beginning. “I think therefore I am” is not a fair starting point. It assumes an “I” who can “think.” Ground zero can only be “thinking occurs."Donald Shambroomhttp://www.donaldshambroom.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987736854176165487.post-28612979261631582162017-12-19T12:52:40.845-05:002017-12-19T12:52:40.845-05:00Happy that you read it.You are a good sounding boa...Happy that you read it.You are a good sounding board. The Husserl/Hoffmann connection seemed pretty convincing to me.I met a grad student last Spring who is getting a degree in Chemistry at Harvard who thought the Husserl/cognitive science connection was valid.Martin Mugarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799696151828817646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987736854176165487.post-59726397369615980192017-12-19T12:06:21.886-05:002017-12-19T12:06:21.886-05:00Thank you Martin for a lucid and appreciative revi...Thank you Martin for a lucid and appreciative review of an oft missed connection (and a fresh view) of artists and philosophy.craig stockwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08228943298221523072noreply@blogger.com