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Regretsy - Handmade? It looks like you made it with your feet
Great collection of some of the more unfortunate handicrafts for sale on Etsy...
Beauty and Desecration by Roger Scruton, City Journal Spring 2009
"We must rescue art from the modern intoxication with ugliness." Amen
‘Two cultures’ turns 50
"The number of literary intellectuals who know the second law is probably slightly higher than in Snow’s time, thanks to writers like Thomas Pynchon and Tom Stoppard, who have incorporated it into their work. And certain new scholarly fields, such as science and technology studies, span the two cultures. Yet these are small developments that leave the two poles essentially intact. The pertinence of the phrase “two cultures” continues; the science kids and the humanities kids, as it were, still sit at different tables in the lunchroom. Anosognosia still afflicts them both, as well as the shameless asymmetry in which “culture” is associated mainly with humanities education. Most disturbingly, however, the nagging continued relevance of Snow’s phrase should force us to rethink our intended solutions to today’s moral concerns, including energy policy, global warming, and genetic engineering."
The Ches-Theory "Virtual Art Museum"
If you can get past the frustrating design and navigation (and the mulitple screen footers), there's actually some interesting stuff here. And a lot of really bad art.
From Shtetl to Château - The New York Review of Books
"Jackie Wullschlager's substantial biography draws on a wealth of unpublished letters still in the possession of his descendants to tell the story of Chagall's journey from shtetl to château. But not for an instant did it convince me that Chagall was a great or even an important artist."
Why everyone is an artist | Philadelphia Inquirer | 01/25/2009
"A philosophy of art for the ages. Dutton argues that evolutionary psychology - the school of thought with which cognitive scientists such as Steven Pinker have helped us understand the Darwinian dimensions of much social life - also explains the ubiquity of artistic activity across cultures and eons."
Beauty and the Best - New English Review
They reacted with the fury of the justly accused: for it is the professional caste of cognoscenti who have consistently applauded the trivialisation of art and its relegation to the status of financial speculation at best, and a game for children showing off to the adults at worst.
Processing 1.0
Processing has been officially released. "Processing is a programming language, development environment, and online community that since 2001 has promoted software literacy within the visual arts. Initially created to serve as a software sketchbook and to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context, Processing quickly developed into a tool for creating finished professional work as well."
Slices of Life: 'Body Worlds' Entrepreneur to Sell Corpse Cross-Sections
Get your own piece...
Cabinet Magazine Online
A wonderful magazine I can't believe I've been missing for so long! Notes on gesture, tiny writing, art collaborations between jeweler and entomologist... a continual cabinet of curiosities. (via the Infocult link posted earlier)
Liliana Glenn - Undone - Concord Art Association
A nice piece by Lily. Plenty of pictures out there
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