The same virtuosity that begs in the work for public approval has been the means whereby moral issues against the philistine world could be juggled. It is true that Rothko talks the fighter. He fights however, to submit to the philistine world. My struggle against bourgeois society has involved the total rejection of it. -Barnett Newman, in a letter protesting Rothkos Exhibition, with whom he is typically associated. My cynicism rises to new heights as I watch the very language of abstract expressionism used to cater to a new brand of Philistine, canvases as empty and obsequious as the society they lampoon. It is sad they didnt live to see how many heads the new hydra has, as the voices that cry in the wilderness these days are few in number.
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 23:11:28 +0000
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