Las Meninas: The world’s first ‘photobomb’?
Jason Farago | BBC | 20th March 2015
[Supplementary to The Easel of 3/24/15]
[Supplementary to The Easel of 3/24/15]
News about a second Harper Lee novel prompts one writer to wonder how many artists manage more than a single great idea. In this lively, short video Gompertz ranges from the hit single My Sharona to the output of Warhol and Lichtenstein. “Repeating your success without repeating yourself is a mighty hard thing to do”
Painting has survived two near-death experiences – the invention of photography in the 1830’s and Duchamp who “privileged ideas over visuals”. This review of a recent book by Suzanne Hudson does not have the bells tolling for painting, but does reflect on its standing relative to other media. “[Paintings are] easy to store…[and] work well enough on the internet: it turned out that painting was, despite itself, the perfect tool. The problem is, whose tool is it?”