Renaissance to Baroque
August 18th, 2017
Passacaglias
June 24th, 2017Examples of Passacaglia
Cruelty in Art
January 10th, 2015Deborah Solomon interviewed Marlene Dumas on the New York Times in June 2008, and there Marlene commented on “cruelty” in art as a quality an impressive artwork has. I have never used the word cruelty for art, but I totally agreed when I read the article.
I (D. Solomon) asked her (M. Dumas) if she saw a difference between European figurative painting and its young New York cousins, exemplified by artists like Elizabeth Peyton, with her dreamy, jewel-like portraits of rocks stars and friends. “For me, that is not cruel enough,” Dumas said. “I like it a bit crueler. Francis Bacon once said that is why he went for figuration against abstraction — he didn’t like Pollock as much because he said abstraction couldn’t be cruel enough for him. I did get things from Francis Bacon — the fact of the figure in an abstract background. It is a figure, but where is the figure?”
It is like when Mishima talked about quality of good novel. He said something like, a good novel won’t answer any question, but it leaves us with an unanswered question in a very cruel way.”
Bach BWV 1058 Keyboard Concerto in G minor
August 8th, 2012Again, this 2nd movement… I know it’s an overly sweet one, this music has been twirling in my brain these days since I came to Millay Colony. I don’t know why, but it may be because this music functions as the refrain which allows me to create a psychological space/bubble around me which protects me…
Meredith Monk
August 8th, 2012Sometimes the genius makes me really depressed… forcing myself to accept how dumb I am. It’s not easy, people. It’s not.
Yes, Meredith Monk… I love her music since 80’s.
Timor
May 1st, 2012John Zorn, Fred Frith & Yamatsuka Eye
April 27th, 2012Khene – Khaen – Sheng – Sho
April 23rd, 2012Vikku for Ghatam, Nusrat, etc.
April 20th, 2012I could not embed this Nusrat video of his Live in Brazil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMykkLRFyho