Salvaged: The Mysterious Beauty of Brad Bunkers’ Paintings
Bunkers’ work defies the obvious and requires a careful eye. You have to spend time with his brushstrokes, with his choices. He’s been painting since he was very young, and his brushstrokes display all the improvisational aplomb of a jazz musician, as well as the accomplishment required to achieve such improvisation.
Delirium of Imagination: Raymond Roussel and the Large Glass
One of Roussel’s biggest admirers, Duchamp credited Roussel for his Large Glass, The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelours, Even. Duchamp admitted…
Instrumentation of Being
I firmly believe the role of the artist is not to answer questions, serving up beauty on a silver platter, but to pose the questions. I’m interested in engaging the viewer on some emotional or intellectual level.
Dada Hammer: Laughing After all These Years
In 1917, Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain, a factory-made urinal, was rejected as being unoriginal and outlandish. After almost ninety years, Duchamp is still shocking the globe—from the National Gallery of Art’s Dada exhibition in Washington, D.C. to Pierre Pinoncelli’s hammer…
Beyond Shock, the Fountain Still Stands
Duchamp’s critics instantly dismissed the urinal as artistic mischief, but Duchamp was disputing the entire idea of art and the role of the artist. According to Calvin Tompkins, “The artist’s choice gives birth to new ways of seeing and thinking.
Picasso at the Lapin Agile Set Design
Imagine Picasso and Einstein debating the intricacies of art, physics and genius in a pocket-sized Paris bar. The year is 1904, just a few years before two sea-change achievements: Picasso’s 1907 unveiling of Les Demoiselles d’Avignon and Einstein’s Theory of Relativity in 1905.