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Kiefer As Phenomenon

Kiefer As Phenomenon

by George Magalios | Jul 24, 2019 | Contemporary Art, Cultural Theory, Essays, Painting

    The Production of Age     byGeorge A. Magalios One doesn’t view Anselm Kiefer’s work. One experiences it. The German artist is as much a phenomenologist as he is a painter, sculptor and photographer. His works “appear to view” as truths and...
Baroque Obama

Baroque Obama

by George A. Magalios | Jan 29, 2019 | Contemporary Art, Cultural Theory, Essays, Political Theory

Tribal Kitsch by Emmanuel Zacharovsky The case of the official portrait of former President Barack Obama reveals many things about the American aesthetic condition. If by “aesthetic” I include political considerations, contemporary art norms and cultural ignorance...

The Veil of Irony and Ressentiment

by George A. Magalios | Oct 18, 2009 | Cultural Theory, Political Theory

by George A. Magalios July 14, 2008 Cynical irony is a social disease born of cowardice, arrogance, and a derisive sense of humor based on negativity and schadenfreude. In the contemporary political realm of cartoons, sit-coms, talk shows and the relatively recent...

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