Art du Présent-Repensé * Art of the Present-Redefined

by Pier Marton | Nov 14, 2010 | Art, Books, France, Galleries, Jewish, Juif, Quotes

Emerging art never threatens the past, it only threatens the present which is already past
L’art nouveau ne menace jamais le passé, il ne menace que le présent qui est déjà passé.

As quoted in Annie Cohen-Solal’s book, Leo and His Circle: The Life of Leo Castelli
Cité dans le livre d’Annie Cohen-Solal, Leo Castelli et Les Siens.

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BREAK THE SURFACE
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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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*Not unrelated to “There is beauty and there are the humiliated. Whatever difficulties the enterprise may present, I should like never to be unfaithful either to the second or the first.” — Albert Camus