#hyperallergic

[victusinveritas]

Just cribbing this in full from Hyperallergic on Instagram.

[thoughtportal]

The Women Weavers of the Little Loomhouse

[abstracteddistractions]

Farshid Bazmandegan, "Untitled" (2022),

Steel oil barrel,

33 x 48 x 1 inches (83.8 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm) ,

Image courtesy Track 16/Hyperallergic.

[intomore]

Ming Smith, "James Brown (New York, NY)" (1980),

Photo by Zoë Hopkins/Hyperallergic

[sorrysomethingwentwrong]

Alicia Cosnahan, Brian Sobaski, Peter Krsko, and Tory Tepp,

“Here Be Dragons” (2024),

Hosted by Kevin Enge,

Photos Isabella Segalovich/Hyperallergic

[saddayfordemocracy]

Guerrilla Girls, “President Trump Announces New Commemorative Months!” 2016,

Photo: Hrag Vartanian / Hyperallergic

[gregdotorg]

tfw carl andre writes you a letter unprompted about your article about the wife he was acquitted of killing, and tells you not to show anyone, vs tfw you have a decades long postcard correspondence with andre that really seems to pick up volume while he's on trial for murder, and yet when you show up at his opening to meet irl, he's an asshole to you, feels like a situation tumblr could process

[thoughtportal]

Stunning Codex Documenting Aztec Culture Now Fully Digitized The 16th-century “Florentine Codex” offers a Mexican Indigenous perspective that is often missing from historical accounts of the period.

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[diana-andraste]

Au rendez-vous des amis, Max Ernst, 1922

Detail of the painting featuring Louis Aragon, André Breton, Giorgio de Chirico, and Gala Dalí (then Éluard).

via Hyperallergic

The full piece can be seen here.

[abstracteddistractions]

Harold Cohen, “74D10” (1974), 

Computer-generated drawing in ink on paper, hand embellished with colored pencil, 21 x 17 inches,

Collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation,

Photo: Justin Manley / Hyperallergic

[miascore2blog]

Hyperallergic QCQ on Philip Guston

Quote: “What does it mean to suggest that artists are no different than a group of pathetic cigar-smoking men afraid to show their faces? The cars have no wheels, or ungainly and inefficient ones, because these people are stuck with each other, and Guston wanted something else. “

Philip Guston, City Limits, 1969

Comment: When I first read this part of the article I was confused. I thought to myself, what the hell does this have to do with anything, but then I realized it meant everything. I know for a fact that Philip Guston uses symbolism in his artwork. The way he uses it is done in such an abstract way and many times exhibits his personal iconography. I decided to really break down how that statement uses symbolism to convey the reader to determine the big idea behind it. The main parts that stand out are "pathetic cigar-smoking men", and "afraid to showcase their faces". The juxtaposition between the words pathetic and cigar-smoking create such a powerful meaning. The use of cigars in art can be used to symbolize power, wealth, and masculinity. While the meaning of pathetic is to be vulnerable and pitiful, the rest of the statement, "afraid to showcase their faces", supports that. Overall, I believe it implies the misconception about artists and the art they create. Along with everyone else, artists have feelings, thoughts, morals and experiences. Already the stereotype about being an artist means that you don't have "a real job" and is often described as a feminine thing to do. The standards held above artists are absolutely ridiculous and continue to have an effect on them, whether that be negative or positive. This quote expresses the way that artists have to be mindful of society and what they will allow or deem as "good art". This is the thing that "pathetic cigar-smoking men" and artists have in common. They often have to hide who they truly are and what they believe in. They have to worry about their personal exposure in response to exclusion and societal condemnation. I also believed that this question presented, tied not only the article together, but also showcased a part of what Guston’s work is about and himself as an artist. At the end of the quote it reads, "these people are stuck with each other, and Guston wanted something else" and that is exactly what Guston did. That is what made him such a sublime artist.

Philip Guston, Head and Bottle, 1975

Question: What are things we can do as artists to "want something else" and achieve it?

Philip Guston, Deluge II, 1975

[panicinthestudio]

Further reading:

Hyperallergic: Looted 10th-century Cambodian Statue Is Going Home, July 22, 2021

Hyperallergic: Art Dealer Used Offshore Accounts to Trade Looted Antiquities, Pandora Papers Say, October4, 2021

Hyperallergic: After Pandora Papers Revelations, Denver Art Museum Will Restitute Four Looted Artifacts to Cambodia, October 18, 2021

Hyperallergic: US Returns 30 Artifacts Stolen From Cambodia, August 10, 2022

Hyperallergic: Opinion: Cambodia’s Stolen Treasures Must Be Returned to Where They Belong, September 6, 2022

[sorrysomethingwentwrong]

Lascaux prehistoric rock paintings, Montignac, France !

Previously undiscovered symbols in the Lascaux network of caves are definitive evidence that the human “like” dates back to prehistoric times.

Edit Valentina Di Liscia/Hyperallergic,

Original photo via Getty Images