Category: art

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+ art, bible, france, jesus christ, religion

Artistic Depictions of Jesus’ Circumcision

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Recently, I took a trip to Lyon, at the confluence of the Rhône and Saône rivers, for a few days away from Paris. While there, I went to the Basilique of Notre Dame of Fourvière, where I saw two bas-reliefs of Cain murdering Abel and Cain’s expulsion. I found these interesting, of course, because I have seen numerous depictions of this biblical story during … Read More Artistic Depictions of Jesus’ Circumcision

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+ art, france, Leonora Carrington, mexico, surrealism, world war ii

The Art and Surrealism of Leonora Carrington

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A couple of years ago, I picked up Leonora Carrington’s Down Below, a memoir she details a psychotic break that she had, in 1940, as the invading Germany army took her partner, Max Ernst, to a concentration camp and she tried to flee across the Pyrenees into Spain. The memoir introduced me to Carrington, whom I had not heard of before, and later I … Read More The Art and Surrealism of Leonora Carrington

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+ art, Chaïm Soutine, france, museum exhibit, nikolai astrup, norway

Upon Discovering the Work of Chaïm Soutine

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When we lived in Bergen, Norway, I would occasionally go to the KODE Art Museums to see pieces by Edvard Munch and other Norwegian artists. During one of those visits, I encountered the work of Nikolai Astrup, a modernist painter from Kalvåg. Walking through the galleries, I came upon his 1920 painting entitled Marsmorgen (March Morning). This work stopped me because it depicts a tree, with … Read More Upon Discovering the Work of Chaïm Soutine

+ american history, art, dead kennedys, hardcore punk, history, music, politics, punk

The Political Power of Punk: Dead Kennedys’ “Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables”

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Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been reading some books from the 33 1/3 series, specifically Nick Attfield’s on Dinosaur Jr.’s 1987 album You’re Living All Over Me and Michael Stewart Foley’s on Dead Kennedys’ 1980 album Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables. Each has been thoroughly engaging, and Attfield’s writing serves, in a lot ways, as a master class on writing about music while Foley’s does an … Read More The Political Power of Punk: Dead Kennedys’ “Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables”

+ art, camps des milles, holocaust, kendrick lamar, Mary Berg, resistance, Viktor Frankl

The Importance of Art as Resistance and Existence

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A few weeks ago, someone told me about the work of neurologist and psychologist Viktor Frankl and his time in a concentration camp duroing World War II. After the person told me about Frankl, I sought out his memoir Man’s Search for Meaning where he lays out his ideas surrounding logotherapy. Frankl explains that logotherapy, which derives from logos, the Greek word for “meaning,” “focuses on the meaning of … Read More The Importance of Art as Resistance and Existence

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