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Deutsche Michel-Republik I – IV (MePri-Kommentare 18.3. -8.7.2011)
Not translated: 8.7. 2011 Kommentar Deutsche Michel-Republik IV Nach Michels idealpolitischer Antwort auf das dringende Hilfsersuchen der libyschen Rebellen, nun sein realpolitischer Beitrag zur “Stabilisierung” der “gesamten Region”. ——————————————————————————————————————————- 18.4.2011 Originalton Deutsche Michel-Republik III: Noch mehr Pumpe Mehr “Wohlfeiles” von Ritter Roth zum Prinzip Aufklärung, bzw. den Segnungen der “Geheimdiplomatie” und der Schändlichkeit […]
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Kiowa drawings, a goldrush diary and an illustrated travelogue (Recommended by: Ben Katchor)
16.6.2011 The Collections of the National Anthropological Archives and Human Studies Film Archives include the Smithsonian’s earliest attempts to document North American Indian cultures, begun in 1846. Among the earliest ethnographic collections are the diaries of John Wesley Powell, which recount his exploration of the Colorado and study of the region’s Indians, and the pictographic histories […]
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Rebellious Landscapes – William James Linton´s art of graphic Macchia.
Lintoniana VI What had laid the foundations for Linton’s reputation as a leading proponent of artistic xylography in the 19th century was the extraordinary intensity of his landscape depictions and the graphic freedom that he allowed himself to this end. The apex of his decade-long landscape work was marked in the mid 1860s by the […]
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Das Grauen, das aus Archiven kommt : “Kriegszeit” in Stuttgart (Ausstellungsbesprechnung)
Not translated: Offensichtlich wurde diese Kriegs – Ausstellung der Staatsgalerie Stuttgart um das reichhaltige Konvolut von exzellenten Grafiken und Originalzeichnungen von Käthe Kollwitz herum konzipiert, das sich in der hauseigenen Sammlung befindet. Mehr als ein Drittel der Ausstellungsfläche ist ihrem Werk gewidmet; darunter befinden sich auch die beiden grafischen Zyklen Ein Weberaufstand (1897) und Bauernkrieg […]
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“I took with me a painter” – Archaeologists, artists, draughtsmen and photographers in excavation.
After a conversation on archaeology and drawing, which took place in the MePri in 2006, this rather historical contribution is a second inquiry in the relationship between art, visual documentation and archaeology. I. Drawing an excavation In a series of drawings of the archaeological work at the ancient hill of Munbaqa in Syria I tried […]
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On the Cadaver of the Father of Supranationality. – A further reading of Linton´s “Cetewayo and Dean Stanley” Conversation
Lintoniana V “Never did corpse of hero on the battle-field, (…) exite such emotions as the stern simplicity of that hour, in which the principle of utility triumphed over the imagination and the heart.“ (The Monthly Repository, 1832) What did Linton actually mean when, at the end of his conversation piece Cetewayo and Dean Stanley, […]
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Graphic echolocations of societal relevant spaces – In conversation with Jan Rothuizen on his soft maps and reports.
Dutch artist Jan Rothuizen has developed a very special and entertaining kind of topographical journalism, which allows him to leave the usual platforms of the art circuit behind. MePri: You have been making this kind of supra-factual or “soft”- cartographies since 2005 in various international megacities: Guangzhou, Cairo, Beirut and in your native town Amsterdam. […]
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Alexandre Cabanel – Die Tradition der Biestigkeit (Ausstellungsbesprechung)
Not translated: Cabanel, der Name klingt nach Parfüm und wird auch so beworben. Immerhin hat der Maler dahinter den Modezaren Christian Lacroix angelockt, der nun wiederum Besucher ins Kölner Wallraf-Richartz- Museum locken soll. Lacroix hat man dort nicht nur die Möglichkeit eingeräumt, sein künstlerisches Idol in Kachtelteppich und saucige Fototapete einzukleiden sondern auch noch zum […]
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WilkesLeaks (MePri-Comment)
Julian Assange …. ….. a John Wilkes of the new century? WilkesLeaks: …. John Wilkes, the “Father of Civil Liberty” was released from prison in April 1770. Still banned from the House of Commons, Wilkes joined the campaign for the freedom of the press. In February, 1771, the House of Commons attempted to prevent several […]
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Drawing Mikhail Khodorkovsky [Drawing Mikhail Khodorkovsky]
In 2009 the Russian website Drawing The Court arranged an open contest for artists, illustrators and cartoonists working at the trial of the oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his close associate Platon Lebedev. The results are now presented , together with a short history of courtroom drawing. Courtroom drawing 23/07/09 Courtroom Drawing, 09/09/09