a small matter of great concern the twentieth century amassed quite possibly the most compelling cultural artifacts the world has seen since the days of rebirth and antiquity. founded on principles at once progressive and atavisitc, riddled with dichotomy, the import of this artistic experience has been more pervasive and increasingly engrained in the collective zeigeist, as the paintings of today become the pop culture touchstones of tomorrow. it is this engaging aesthetic, at once dadaist, constructivist, and post-modern, that satiates my intellectual thirst and emotional reservior. my worldview is very much closely aligned with the patterns of thought that govern the art experience, the "inner necessity" postulated by kandinsky its root, with the end result a dialectic of production and analysis.

consider the works of the past one hundred years, their contemplative nature (confronting sometimes, calculated yes, illuminating always). the progeny of western civilization, the first breaks from this tradition mainfested the initial salvo of the modern world. talking with the past, sometimes commiserating, often times chastising, groups such as the impressionists, fauvists, and soon the cubists mapped the course (with even the futrists boldly claiming a manifest destiny for the movement itself).

next year is the centennial of the execution of la madimoiselles d'avignon, and with this occassion i think it apropos to take stock in this most complex of artisitc concerns. having mapped the course, we could now push things forward.

  ¶ 6/04/2006 11:26:00 AM