One of the Last Arch-Modernists.
Alain Robbe-Grillet, French artist and pioneer of the “new novel” died this past week aged 85. Robbe-Grillet had one of the most maddeningly difficult world-views of the 20th century. His cold prose, disdain for conventional narrative structure, and emphasis on experiential memory set his work part from even his […]
While some take a relatively dispassionate view of criticism (essentially that criticism is jaded and interchangeable, because those who “can’t” spend their time criticizing others out of childish envy), I’ve always subscribed to the notion that the critic shows as much individuation as the artist. They are able to attain a certain level of […]
I’m an “art guy,” so I get the errant question these days (by “these days” I mean “in our epoch,” but “these days” sounds more like “just folks” and is easier on the eyes) about what artists do, anymore. Let me be more specific. Modern(isms) happened in the late 19th century and early […]