tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522800471258383718.post4275783900212627241..comments2024-03-26T06:56:13.092-04:00Comments on Left Bank Art Blog: Wherefore the Figure, Wherefore the SelfCharles Kesslerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07068758792988742599noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522800471258383718.post-38263236607360522382012-05-23T09:03:23.261-04:002012-05-23T09:03:23.261-04:00Beautiful writing. Kyle Stavely's work is a re...Beautiful writing. Kyle Stavely's work is a real find, both familiar and completely fresh. <br />Speaking to Mark, above, I think you're misreading the essay to consider it a rejection of abstraction and criticality. Isn't it merely a recognition of the problematics and pleasures of representing the figure? The lack of human meaning, if such exists, is an entirely other issue and not necessarily to be found by representing them.Craighttp://craigstockwell.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522800471258383718.post-42142637150131082012-05-20T10:32:11.373-04:002012-05-20T10:32:11.373-04:00This format feels so natural, as if you are sittin...This format feels so natural, as if you are sitting down and having a conversation with Carl about a particular topic. It is refreshingly open, insightful and so inviting. As I always say after having read anything here by the formidable Mr. Belz, more, more!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522800471258383718.post-72321156311183029622012-05-17T18:28:44.247-04:002012-05-17T18:28:44.247-04:00You are exactly right Mr. Belz. With the plethora ...You are exactly right Mr. Belz. With the plethora of empty abstraction and commentary on our consumer culture there is a real lack of human meaning. All this "critical" work exposing our empty culture is just adding to it's demise. Technology is not art. But this is a difficult position to hold without seeming a reactionary. We need meaning, human meaning.<br />http://artmark.weebly.com/Mark Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15314016752865318688noreply@blogger.com