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Arbeiter vor dem Stadtrat, Johann Peter Hasenclever (1810-1853)...

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:17:39 -0400

Arbeiter vor dem Stadtrat, Johann Peter Hasenclever (1810-1853) 1848/49. (via dhm)

Pieter Hugo - Abdullahi Mohammed with Mainasara, Lagos, Nigeria...

Wed, 08 May 2013 14:49:00 -0400

Pieter Hugo - Abdullahi Mohammed with Mainasara, Lagos, Nigeria 2007

jesuisperdu: david hammons making body prints

Fri, 03 May 2013 13:56:31 -0400

jesuisperdu:

david hammons making body prints

theartlibrarian: Daughters Of RevolutionGrant Wood, 1932

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 07:17:30 -0400

theartlibrarian:

Daughters Of Revolution
Grant Wood, 1932

"Wie lange soll die Kunst die höhere Tochter bleiben, die zwar in allen verrufensten Gäßchen sich..."

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:49:56 -0400

“Wie lange soll die Kunst die höhere Tochter bleiben, die zwar in allen verrufensten Gäßchen sich auskennen, beileibe aber sich von Politik nichts träumen lassen soll? Das hilft nichts, sie ließ es sich immer träumen. Daß jedem Kunstwerk, jeder Kunstepoche politische Tendenzen einwohnen, ist – da sie ja historische Gebilde des Bewußtseins sind – eine Binsenwahrheit. […] Die technischen Revolutionen – das sind die Bruchstellen der Kunstentwicklung, an denen die Tendenzen je und je, freiliegend sozusagen, zum Vorschein kommen. In jeder neuen technischen Revolution wird die Tendenz aus einem sehr verborgenen Element der Kunst wie von selber zum manifesten. Und damit wären wir denn endlich beim Film.
Unter den Bruchstellen der künstlerischen Formationen ist eine der gewaltigsten der Film. Wirklich entsteht mit ihm eine neue Region des Bewußtseins.”

- Walter Benjamin: Erwiderung an Oscar A. H. Schmitz, in: Rolf Tiedemann und Herman Schweppenhäuser (Hg.): Walter Benjamin - Gesammelte Schriften, Bd. II.2, Frankfurt am Main 1991, S. 751-755, hier: S. 752. (via walter-benjamin-bluemchen)

attraktor: I don’t like the ambition in American films, and...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:19:24 -0400

attraktor:

I don’t like the ambition in American films, and these characters don’t have ambition really and are also not intellectual characters, so it’s not an existential film. They’re not constantly questioning their existence or questioning the state of the world around them. Instead they have a kind of acceptance of it. Instead they move through the world of the film in a kind of random, aimless way, like looking for the next card game or something, rather than interpreting things as philosophical symbols or anything. So that relates to the reason why there isn’t the violence and sex and certain expected things in the film. The whole idea of the film was not really to give the audience anything that they would be expecting. And the form of the narrative itself works that way, too. If you stop the film at any point the audience wouldn’t have any idea what was gonna happen next, or really be that aware or that conscious of the narrative itself. Instead they’re more interested in smaller details, and situations, and characters. The sense of humor works in the film that way, too. It works from details, not from big gags or jokes, verbal or visual. Instead it’s humor of small details. – Jim Jarmusch on Stranger Than Paradise

spurloser: Christian Schellenberger, Operation City Bombing....

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:59:08 -0400

spurloser:

Christian Schellenberger, Operation City Bombing. 2008

Mike Brodie (via Mike Brodie Photography)

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:50:00 -0400

Mike Brodie (via Mike Brodie Photography)

Henrike Naumann - Triangular Stories (Installation View, Shift,...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:16:21 -0400

Henrike Naumann - Triangular Stories (Installation View, Shift, 2013) (via fb)

Mary Kelly - Love Songs (2007) (via Gymnasium Heepen)

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 06:54:11 -0400

Mary Kelly - Love Songs (2007) (via Gymnasium Heepen)

Marc Bijl - Four Times Deutsche Bank. 2012 (via Twitter /...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:59:25 -0400

Marc Bijl - Four Times Deutsche Bank. 2012 (via Twitter / StudioMarcBijl: Marc Bijl “Four Times Deutsche …)

An Architecture 2002-2010

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 06:51:33 -0400

An Architecture 2002-2010

Barbara Kruger: Your body is a battleground. 1989 (via Feminist...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:50:23 -0400

Barbara Kruger: Your body is a battleground. 1989 (via Feminist Artist - The Art History Archive)

319scholes: DUMP.FM, 2009Artist: Scott Ostler, Tim Baker, and...

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 16:07:51 -0500

installation image

319scholes:

DUMP.FM, 2009
Artist: Scott Ostler, Tim Baker, and Ryder Ripps
Description: online chatroom

Exhibition: DUMP.FM IRL

Janine Antoni - Loving Care, 1993 (via The Great Szpilman)

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 12:58:16 -0500

Janine Antoni - Loving Care, 1993 (via The Great Szpilman)

Lisa Anne Auerbach & Aleksandra Mir - Marzarama, 2008 (via...

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 12:57:19 -0500

Lisa Anne Auerbach & Aleksandra Mir - Marzarama, 2008 (via The Great Szpilman)

Abdel Abdessemed - Helicopter Drawing, 2007 (via The Great...

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 12:56:11 -0500

Abdel Abdessemed - Helicopter Drawing, 2007 (via The Great Szpilman)

Vanessa Beecroft - vb55, 2005 (via The Great Szpilman)

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 12:55:04 -0500

Vanessa Beecroft - vb55, 2005

(via The Great Szpilman)

William Klein - Urinals. 1954

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:12:34 -0500

William Klein - Urinals. 1954

Ian Liddle (the illustrator of the Sub:Stance flyers. pic via...

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 04:42:28 -0500

Ian Liddle (the illustrator of the Sub:Stance flyers. pic via Myspace)