January 13, 2013

Ideally Speaking

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Note to self:

1- "Inventing"? Overtones in quick succession: of industry, the Industrial Revolution, patents, Edison and Ron "Ronco" Popeil...
2- Abstraction, singular? It is yet plural. Abstractions.
3- 1910-1925, the core idea in the show. The old chestnut: when you have an idea, several other people all around the world are having that same thought, and only a few act on it.
4- RADICAL! Oh, so exciting!
5- IDEA IDEAL. Ideals are indexical. They're act as MacGuffins, actually getting "there" misses the point... or pointing.
6- It didn't change Modern Art, it was/is Modern Art.

Posted by Dennis at January 13, 2013 1:58 AM

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