As I wrote on TGBSW yesterday (The Art of Travel), art is often the best way to begin to get to know a place. A little over a year ago I wrote a paper on Walker Evans’s time in Cuba that I thought I would share as an example of how the eye of the artist can enlighten the soul of a place. Continue reading
It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance…and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.
Henry James
As I mentioned previously, I’ve been reading Prague Pictures by John Banville and am relieved to find that my experience of Prague as indecipherable is not unique. But, as Banville’s title suggests, that isn’t the end of his musings. Banville finally begins to glimpse Prague through the photos of a long-time Prague resident: photographer Josef Sudek. Continue reading
Who knew it could take so long to recover from the holidays? With no more reality TV shows to prompt regular posts, I’ll need to make more of an effort to keep all-things-art-blog-related moving in 2012. Continue reading