DESIGN & CRIME (and Other Diatribes): Hal Foster on Aesthetic Death
At first glance, this tiny tome appears to be a "quick read." The pocket-size collection of short rants spilling forth from art critic Hal Foster took me four months to d ... [Read More]
DESIGN NEWS: Brilliant Book Cover Design for New Printing Of "The Work of Art In The Age Of Mechanical Reproduction"
Designer/typographer David Pearson designed this book cover for third installment of Penguin Books Great Ideas Series. Brilliant. Enough said. --- Check out t ... [Read More]
Walter Benjamin and Ways of Seeing: "Nomadic Colors" on The Web?
BlogLESS, writings on design restraint, brought up a very interesting application of our friend Walt Benjamin's ideas on the reproduction of art in contemporary society. ... [Read More]
Photoshop As Art: What Would Walter Say?
Check out this recent blog commentary on Contemporary Digital Media as art from Carla Moloney. Thinking Points From The Post: a) If reproducibility decreases the "a ... [Read More]
Musings on Our Society of Spectacle: Lawler, Benjamin, and Friends
A recent post by art history students at The University of California in Berkeley in their blog Photography and After, reinvigorated my interest in the discussion of art- ... [Read More]
BOOK REVIEW: Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen
To be completely honest, I purchased this book solely for its absurd title. Seriously, what in the world could a dead German philosopher and creamy frozen dairy stands ha ... [Read More]
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