Thursday, May 26, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
nir hod - the 'genius' portraits
hmmm
"the kids are alright? the paintings of nir hod"
"That [photo] was a big influence to me," says Hod of a snapshot of former Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein of Jordan sharing a cigarette after signing the 1994 peace agreement. "It's almost like Karl Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent meeting in Milan." The artist is intrigued by the way the cigarette adds elements of spontaneity and civility. "If Obama took a picture with a leader like that it would be such a craze, but look how interesting it is, just because of the cigarette. There's some magic here."
"precocious and melancholic"
"Nir Hod has opposed the ideology that labels sumptuousness an esthetic sin. His work openly substitutes the pleasure principle and a fluid multiplicity of selves for the old notions of high seriousness and personal authenticity."
"the kids are alright? the paintings of nir hod"
"That [photo] was a big influence to me," says Hod of a snapshot of former Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein of Jordan sharing a cigarette after signing the 1994 peace agreement. "It's almost like Karl Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent meeting in Milan." The artist is intrigued by the way the cigarette adds elements of spontaneity and civility. "If Obama took a picture with a leader like that it would be such a craze, but look how interesting it is, just because of the cigarette. There's some magic here."
"precocious and melancholic"
"Nir Hod has opposed the ideology that labels sumptuousness an esthetic sin. His work openly substitutes the pleasure principle and a fluid multiplicity of selves for the old notions of high seriousness and personal authenticity."
Friday, May 6, 2011
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