Tag: art
Art Is Pain, Ostracism and Destitution; Heather Matarazzo Is People Pursuing Art
For whatever reason, it seems like Gaten Matarazzo is more of a household name than Heather (no relation), who blazed the trail for “awkward” (read: [Read More…]
Bob Ross and the Late Twentieth Century Commercialization of Art
The 1980s, in many ways, was the decade responsible for establishing the modern obsession with commercializing art (see: Patrick Nagel). As such, it can be [Read More…]
What Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal and Greed Tells Us is the Kowalskis and Jamie Spears Should Get Together and Go Bowling
Of all the people one would least expect to have a sordid history, Bob Ross is right up there with, say, Jessica Simpson (who, yes, [Read More…]
The Danish Girl Shows Us That When Art & Love Combine, It’s Always Fucked Up
As couples throughout the history of art and creativity have shown us time and time again, to be with another artist seals one’s fate for [Read More…]
On the Hairstyles of Lucille Ball and Andy Warhol
It’s been said that the clothes make the man. But I think we all know it’s really the haircut and color (whether natural or not). [Read More…]
Jean Renoir: More Than Just the Son of Pierre-Auguste
The challenge presented by usurping or even just matching the genius of Pierre-Auguste Renoir is hard to imagine. And yet, this is exactly what his [Read More…]
You Say Crazy, Van Gogh Says Po-tah-toh
Being a post-Impressionist isn’t easy. It just makes you seem like a more unoriginal version of an Impressionist. However, Vincent Van Gogh was willing to [Read More…]
Does Tama Janowitz’s Slaves of New York Still Resonate in Modern New York?
Tama Janowitz, a member of the literary Brat Pack crème de la crème, released the novel, Slaves of New York, in 1986. A selection of intertwining stories, [Read More…]
Wayne Kostenbaum Talks Briefly About the 80s in My 1980s
If your eye was caught by the cover of Wayne Kostenbaum’s My 1980s and you automatically assumed it had to be about said decade, there’s [Read More…]
