Why is Caravaggio so popular now?
Contemporary artists from Frank Stella, Cindy Sherman, Bill Viola, Julian Schnabel, Robert Longo, and Martin Scorsese to Louise Smith, the young short-list winner of 2011’s National Portrait Gallery’s Portrait Award, appropriate, quote (Jones 2011, 30) and/or are informed by techniques, images, ideas, and even “projected spherically informed space” (Weschler 1987, 98) from Caravaggio. Indeed, Caravaggio, [...]
Posted at 4:49 am on May 27, 2011 | leave a comment | Filed Under: Uncategorized | Tagged: art, artists, caravaggio, caravaggioism, caravaggiosta, essay, museum, popularity, robert reincke | read on
Stop using bank cards (debit and credit)
Every time any of us uses our bank cards, the bank gets paid. Why do we feel it’s necessary to pay the banks? Haven’t they made enough of our money? I propose that we all stop using our bank cards as much as possible. Every time you buy a coffee and use a debit card, [...]
