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Charles Saatchi Curses the Art World

Today I read an on-line article in The Guardian by famed art collector and museum builder Charles Saatchi: The Hideousness of the Art World. It seems Saatchi shares the same sentiments as Robert Hughes. (See my September 2010 post Cursing Robert Hughes and the Mona Lisa.) Both find…See More
A blog post by Kenneth B Smith was featured Dec 3, 2011
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Charles Saatchi Curses the Art World

Today I read an on-line article in The Guardian by famed art collector and museum builder Charles Saatchi: The Hideousness of the Art World. It seems Saatchi shares the same sentiments as Robert Hughes. (See my September 2010 post Cursing Robert Hughes and the Mona Lisa.) Both find…See More
Blog post by Kenneth B Smith Dec 3, 2011
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Talk to Al Jazeera - Slavoj Zizek

The Slovenian philosopher and critical theorist talks to Al Jazeera about the momentous changes taking place in the global financial and political system.
Video posted by Kenneth B Smith Nov 13, 2011
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jamie malanowski is now a member of Lumpen Institute of Fine Arts Nov 11, 2011
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Photos posted by Kenneth B Smith Oct 20, 2011
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Lumpen goes to Occupy Wall Street

After about four weeks of increasing mainstream media attention, Lumpen Studio finally paid a visit to Occupy Wall Street. ("Why so long?" you ask. I was working!) This "cause" has momentum. The weekend before I went, there were reported to be marches in 1000 cities world wide and Occupy sites in sixty US towns. I had to investigate and see what the spirit was like there. I know lower Manhattan but could not place Zuccatti Park. I need to place it in context.One curiosity that stood out to me…See More
Blog post by Kenneth B Smith Oct 20, 2011
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http://kbsmith365.tumblr.com/ is a link to a "sketchbook" of work done primarily on my iPad.
Status posted by Kenneth B Smith Sep 20, 2011
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Zizek on Children of Men

Slavoj Zizek is a big fan of Quaron's movie Children of Men. Check out what he has to say about it
Video posted by Kenneth B Smith Nov 10, 2010

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Charles Saatchi Curses the Art World

Today I read an on-line article in The Guardian by famed art collector and museum builder Charles Saatchi: The Hideousness of the Art World. It seems Saatchi shares the same sentiments as Robert Hughes. (See my September 2010 post Cursing Robert Hughes and the Mona Lisa.) Both…

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Posted by Kenneth B Smith on December 3, 2011 at 4:36pm

Kenneth B Smith

Lumpen goes to Occupy Wall Street

After about four weeks of increasing mainstream media attention, Lumpen Studio finally paid a visit to Occupy Wall Street. ("Why so long?" you ask. I was working!) This "cause" has momentum. The weekend before I went, there were reported to be marches in 1000 cities world wide and Occupy sites in sixty US towns. I had to investigate and see what the spirit was like there. I know lower Manhattan but could not place Zuccatti Park. I need to place it in context.

One curiosity…

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Posted by Kenneth B Smith on October 20, 2011 at 3:30pm

Jed Weaver

EVERYTHING IS A REMIX.

I came across this today and found it quite interesting. I was pretty floored with some of the Led Zep connections, especially Stairway and SPIRIT (I remember thier song, Fresh Garbage from WAY back...) Watching Part I made me want to see more. We may have to donate to help the project.

Discuss.

VIDEO HERE:
http://www.everythingisaremix.info/?p=20

Posted by Jed Weaver on September 25, 2010 at 4:46pm

Kenneth B Smith

Cursing Robert Hughes and the Mona Lisa

Ovation TV shows some very good programs on the arts that just don't show up anyplace else that I frequent. They cover all the arts but I have found many on just painting and photography that are excellent. Most are from the UK: the BBC and Channel 4. Last week I watched a 2008 Channel 4 documentary titled The Mona Lisa Curse written and narrated by Robert Hughes, the former Time magazine art…
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Posted by Kenneth B Smith on September 10, 2010 at 8:00pm

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Is Open Source a New Economic Paradigm?

Tribalism, feudalism, colonialism, imperialism, socialism, capitalism.... Open Source? Is Open Source an evolution in economic theory?* I began to wonder about this when a client asked…
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Posted by Kenneth B Smith on April 16, 2010 at 10:30am — 3 Comments

 
 
 

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