Saturday, October 31, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Why Socialism? -Einstein
"It is "society" which provides man with food, clothing, a home, the tools of work, language, the forms of thought, and most of the content of thought; his life is made possible through the labor and the accomplishments of the many millions past and present who are all hidden behind the small word "society."
Memory, the capacity to make new combinations, the gift of oral communication have made possible developments among human beings which are not dictated by biological necessities. Such developments manifest themselves in traditions, institutions, and organizations; in literature; in scientific and engineering accomplishments; in works of art. This explains how it happens that, in a certain sense, man can influence his life through his own conduct, and that in this process conscious thinking and wanting can play a part.
It is on this that those who are striving to improve the lot of man may ground their hopes: human beings are not condemned, because of their biological constitution, to annihilate each other or to be at the mercy of a cruel, self-inflicted fate.
Man can find meaning in life, short and perilous as it is, only through devoting himself to society.
The economic anarchy of capitalist society as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of the evil.
It is important to understand that even in theory the payment of the worker is not determined by the value of his product.
The consequence is that the representatives of the people do not in fact sufficiently protect the interests of the underprivileged sections of the population. Moreover, under existing conditions, private capitalists inevitably control, directly or indirectly, the main sources of information (press, radio, education). It is thus extremely difficult, and indeed in most cases quite impossible, for the individual citizen to come to objective conclusions and to make intelligent use of his political rights.
This crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil. An exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student, who is trained to worship acquisitive success as a preparation for his future career.
A planned economy, which adjusts production to the needs of the community, would distribute the work to be done among all those able to work and would guarantee a livelihood to every man, woman, and child. The education of the individual, in addition to promoting his own innate abilities, would attempt to develop in him a sense of responsibility for his fellow-men in place of the glorification of power and success in our present society."
-Albert Einstein from Monthly Review, New York, May, 1949.
[Re-printed in Ideas and Opinions]Monday, October 26, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Galarina, 1944
portrait of Gala Dalí
"...usually known simply as Gala, was the wife of first Paul Éluard, then Salvador Dalí, and an inspiration for them and many other writers and artists." (wiki)
The New Leipzig School
Bretter, 2005,
Theater, 2003
Diktat, 2004
Neo Rauch
Das Neue, 2003
Neo Rauch
"...he was young enough to absorb the imagery of comic books, television and computer graphics that shaped the stylistic tastes of his generation. He was a bridge between the older political painters of the G.D.R. and the young artists of a unified Germany." -on Neo Rauch, from an old New York Times article, The New Leipzig School
more from the article:
"They (the old Leipzig School artists) resorted to symbols to express a veiled criticism of their society without sacrificing their privileged status."
Icarus (by engraving by Hendrick Goltzius)
"The paintings convey a mood, not a message."
Die Stickerin, 2008
Neo Rauch
"The old clichés of painting at night with a bottle of wine, taking drugs and being excessive - a lot of people in Düsseldorf think this is what it means to be an artist." In Leipzig, being a painter means working slowly and deliberately, like Rauch, to produce 15 or 20 canvases a year."
extremely well put, on his paintings:
"There is a sense of isolation that goes on in his picture space... Wildly theatrical, the paintings demand that the viewer's eye jump nervously to take in concurrently played, weirdly suggestive but ultimately inexplicable activities."
Para, 2007
Neo Rauch from his Para Series
"It seems to me that I am drawn back further and further, that elements from distant periods are knocking on the door and want to be let in," he says. "That is also reflected in my dreams, that I am drawn back to earlier lives. The incarnation cycles are trying to reach formulation." Asked if he believes that he led previous lives, he replies: "Not as direct as that, but I have recurring dreams in the same rooms and same houses and same streets. What you see in the picture is not the dream but a new version of the dream, like from a recycling plant."
Vater (Father), 2007
Neo Rauch (mmm... notice them Bacon hands?)
"In painting "Characteristic, suggestion and eternity" are important marks of quality"
-Neo Rauch
Sunday, October 18, 2009
gamarjobat: infamous japanese mimes
mime |mīm|noun1 the theatrical technique of suggesting action, character, or emotion without words, using only gesture, expression, and movement.• a theatrical performance or part of a performance using such a technique.• an action or set of actions intended to convey the idea of another action or an idea or feeling : he performed a brief mime of someone fencing.• a practitioner of mime or a performer in a mime.2 (in ancient Greece and Rome) a simple farcical drama including mimicry.verb [ trans. ]use gesture and movement without words in the acting of (a play or role).• convey an impression of (an idea or feeling) by gesture and movement, without using words; mimic (an action or set of actions) in this way : he stands up and mimes throwing a spear.
jeff macnelly
"he had the uncanny ability to visualize an object and rotate it in his head on all three axes, then scale, translate and project it-- all before breakfast." - illo art (+ 3 Pulitzers and didn't go to art school)
Jeff MacNelly (1947 - 2000), an American editorial cartoonist, is a master of playing around with perspectives, proportions and values to emphasize the concept. Even his concepts are genuinely simple, yet deep.
ABSORB - INFLUENCE - REFLECT - INFLUENCE - ABSORB
Friday, October 16, 2009
daliminated disney
Not too fond of the computer animated parts but beautiful, nonetheless.
Disney and Dali - Destino from Jayme Johnson on Vimeo.
Monday, October 12, 2009
jesus shenanigans
Photoshop/hand manipulation
Yong Shin ©
Jesus in pop-culture-context is always fun... so are the Ed Hardy Boyz!
Sunday, October 11, 2009
"come closer and see, see into the trees"
Concrete Cabin (1994)
Oil on Canvas
198cm x 275cm
Disney's Alice in Wonderland
David Choe
Prayer Tree
Mixed Media on Wood
16" x 12"
David Choe
Silent Dance
Oil on Canvas
Silent Dance (detail)
Friday, October 9, 2009
from Transcription of Organ Music...
because it has to, to stay alive, to continue to the last drop of joy."
Hollywood's doing a biopic on Ginsberg (played by big-gay-Franco-nonetheless-very-talented) on the trials of the post-release of controversial Howl...
Thursday, October 8, 2009
bittersweet life
a short animation I made last year for cel animation class..
Bittersweet Life from yong shin on Vimeo.
Yong Shin ©
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
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