From the Ideal to the Mundane A phenomenon of the spectacle is the presentation of material and conceptual constructs in ideal environments. The phenomenon exists because, just as there is no space or distance in the spectacle, there is also no time. “Ours is a brand new world of allatonceness”,Continue Reading
In Closing Because such fingers need to knit That subtle knot, which makes us man… John Donne, The Ecstasy Creation of the spectacle is a necessary part of modern human existence. As we begin to interact in increasingly virtual, synthetic environments, our separation from nature and increased auto-referential cosmology becomes furtherContinue Reading
Why Warhol? Roberto Prado, Los Angeles, August 2014 “It’s as though Western Art began with Andy Warhol.” – Robert Hughes, The New Shock of the New, 2004 In his 2004 documentary, commenting on the sudden change in contemporary art between 1955 and 1965, Robert Hughes declares a clean break fromContinue Reading