There is no feeling of inner life and all traces of sensibility in the handling have been polished away.Ā Surely that must be Brian Sewell commenting on a contemporary conceptual work? Did notĀ Roger Fry die in 1934? This quote is part of Fry’s consideration of this 4500 year old Dynasty IV portrait of King Chefren, […]
Month: November 2011
Poesis and immortality
What is behind the urge for making? I’ve always suspected it is something to do with our mortality and the desire to be around for longer than strictly possible, as well as just feeling like something that one needs to do. Plato’s Symposium, written around 360 B.C., Ā considers a tea party dialogue on the meaning […]