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Another problem with genius
Did Hitler’s idea of himself as a creative genius contribute to his rise as a genocidal dictator? Historian Birgit Schwartz seems to think so: In my opinion, people have underestimated the notio… more →
The Aesthetic Elevator
Another problem with genius
pcNielsen wrote 3 months ago: Did Hitler’s idea of himself as a creative genius contribute to his rise as a genocidal dictat … more →
Is genius practice, divine spark or somewhere in-between?
pcNielsen wrote 6 months ago: My dear wife told me at lunch I needed to read the past two blog entries over at Good Letters, the I … more →
Is an MA in studio art useful?
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pcNielsen wrote 7 months ago: My wife and I continue to be overwhelmed with options and a lack of direction in our search for the … more →
Inventive creativity vs. artistic creativity
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pcNielsen wrote 8 months ago: My wife and I watched the film Flash of Genius twice this weekend, though not necessarily by choice. … more →
An artist's job
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pcNielsen wrote 9 months ago: A slew of articles on how the economic downturn is effecting the business of art are popping up in p … more →
Frank Lloyd Rat and what the economic downturn means for architects
pcNielsen wrote 10 months ago: Pearls Before Swine has been taking jabs at superstar architects this week, and today’s strip … more →
Humorous Hirst anecdote
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pcNielsen wrote 11 months ago: Damien Hirst complained recently of a 16 year old’s collages that incorporated photographic im … more →
Jasper Johns on artists
pcNielsen wrote 1 year ago: This is taken from a recent post on Makoto Fujimura’s Refractions blog. The aim of an artist a … more →
Genius Grants 2008: Weaving straws and grass
pcNielsen wrote 1 year ago: I suppose I should mention this year’s genius grants, awarded this week, since this blog conta … more →
Art for Art's Sake: Enjoying it
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pcNielsen wrote 1 year ago: I’m resurrecting this draft in light of a Telegraph article that laments the commercial nature … more →
My Kid Could Paint That, and so could I
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pcNielsen wrote 1 year ago: Last week I watched a 2007 documentary titled My Kid Could Paint That. It chronicles the rise and fa … more →
Not "genius," just hard work
pcNielsen wrote 1 year ago: I can’t find a link to this story on the local television station’s website, but I … more →
Art for art's sake, part I
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pcNielsen wrote 1 year ago: This is my third line of thought following up Jack of all arts, crafts, wannabe and Is art defined b … more →
Gregory Wolfe on Thomas Kinkade and sentimentality
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pcNielsen wrote 1 year ago: I’ve avoided, to a large degree, commentary regarding painter-slash-marketer Thomas Kinkade, a … more →
Artists aren't always what we think they are
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pcNielsen wrote 1 year ago: Over the last year or so I’ve come to realize how different our perception of artists is from … more →
Mass produced or delegated artwork
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pcNielsen wrote 1 year ago: This Boston Globe story exposes how some contemporary gallery art is not actually fabricated by the … more →
Intruding Upon the Timeless blurb, page 86-88
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pcNielsen wrote 1 year ago: Another blurb from Gregory Wolfe’s collection of essays: “Like the biblical prophet, t … more →
Atheists on religious art
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pcNielsen wrote 1 year ago: The Atheist and the Crucifix, an article written by Washington D.C. artist Menachem Wecker (who also … more →
Architects high on themselves = bad architecture
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pcNielsen wrote 1 year ago: This story in The Telegraph ponders “How ‘genius’ disfigured a practical art. … more →
