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Every Picture Tells A Story

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Chris Karcher

|There’s a little part of the art world not widely traveled offering a nuanced view of an artist’s oeuvre called Ephemera.| By definition, ephemera are “items designed to be useful or important for only a short time, especially pamphlets, notices, … Continue reading →

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A Life of Ideas

Posted on August 11, 2020 by Chris Karcher

|Lary Bloom isn’t in the art business, he was a friend of LeWitt, and as such this biography is more about the man than his art.| There were several curious aspects to my purchase of an original pen and ink … Continue reading →

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Bridget Riley

Posted on February 27, 2020 by Chris Karcher

|“Those who understand art only by what it looks like often do not understand very much at all.” -Sol Lewitt| In 1965 Bridget Riley made a trip to New York City to participate in a show titled, “The Responsive Eye.” … Continue reading →

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When Similar Does Not Mean Same As

Posted on November 21, 2019 by admin

|“…it’s fascinating to see people converging at similar visual endpoints even when starting from different places, following divergent paths, and all the while thinking about different things.”| For no particular reason, I bought a handsome catalog of Paul Klee works … Continue reading →

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Chymische Hockziet Enoch

Posted on June 6, 2019 by admin

|“Chaos is an azure line that surrounds all the world.” From the Sefer Yetsirah| Chapter One While reading the Sefer Yetsirah by the light emanating from a painting of Lucas Cranach I was approached by an angel whose wings were … Continue reading →

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Art Police

Posted on June 4, 2019 by admin
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The Art of Life and Death

Posted on March 12, 2019 by Chris Karcher

|The bull and its blood symbolize a call to nature at its most brutal, pure and irrational. -Jose Antonio del Moral| If you are not a fan of bullfighting please move along. My interest in defending this sport is exactly … Continue reading →

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Kipling and the Man Who Would Be Surprised

Posted on February 13, 2019 by Chris Karcher

|The wheel of the world swings through the same phases again and again.|― Rudyard Kipling, “The Man Who Would Be King” For no particular reason, I’ve again been reading the collected works of Rudyard Kipling. Mostly he is remembered today (if … Continue reading →

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Random Thoughts on Art: The Calligraphic School of Painting?

Posted on November 14, 2018 by Chris Karcher

|The late hard-edged paintings by both of these artists inform each other, but the calligraphic-like images show another alignment of thought leading to a similar solution.| While reviewing some black and white photos of painting exhibits from the late 1930’s … Continue reading →

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Da Vinci and The Nutt

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Chris Karcher

  One of the more memorable exhibits of the new millennium was at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago in 2011. Essentially a retrospective of the painter Jim Nutt, it was the first public showing of his work in about … Continue reading →

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