by George A. Magalios | Feb 9, 2023 | Essays
Venice Is a Reason On "Unscripted: Venetian Ecosystems", an exhibition of work by six young Venetian artists at Ragioni Tecniche George A.Magalios ...
by George A. Magalios | May 27, 2020 | Essays, Latest Essay
The Aesthetics of Isolation An aesthetic examination of the experience of isolation in light of the Covid-19 pandemic byGeorge A. Magalios We are vehicles of thinking. We are vehicles that receive and vehicles that transmit....
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...
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...
by George Magalios | Aug 14, 2017 | Essays, Fashion, Film, Philosophy of Beauty
It’s not the fashions that make the actress. It’s the actress that makes the fashions. Charlize Theron is the undisputed ice queen of Hollywood Cinema and her fashion sensibilities (and those of her stylists) are on glorious display in her latest film,...
by George A. Magalios | Oct 29, 2009 | Contemporary Art, Essays
by George A. Magalios First Presented at the College Art Association Conference, New York, 2007 A Cynic is a spy who aims to discover what things are friendly or hostile to man; after making accurate observations, he then comes back and reports the truth. -Epictetus...
