by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jun 14, 2016 | Art | Religion | Theory, General, Inspiration |Thoughts
Ideas, instruments of knowledge (1) In our previous post, we discussed about the notion of cultural territory, the “art-world”. Now, it is time to talk about the ideas inhabiting this territory. An idea is a thing of the mind, born from many minds, product of...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | May 24, 2016 | Art | Religion | Theory, General
Artworld and “art-worlds” In our Western world and for many valid reasons, more and more people are practising the visual arts. Undoubtedly we are inundated with paintings of all sorts, excellent, good, mediocre and simply bad. But what makes a work of art...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | May 3, 2016 | General, Painting
New York City and the Chickadees Am I starting to have this reputation for being too critical about conventional subjects often depicted by bourgeoning artists? If yes, please allow me to clarify. I have always said that art done by amateurs is as valid as the one...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Apr 12, 2016 | Art History
Bataille d’intello! The rest of this post is in French because I was “attacked” in this language by an artist member of Liaison surréaliste, a Montreal-based surrealist group. That “battle” was all in relation to an encyclopedia entry on “surrealism in Canada” by a...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jan 30, 2016 | Art | Religion | Theory, Art History, General, Inspiration |Thoughts
We are living a second Renaissance When I was doing my walk the other day, I thought of great artists, both alive and dead, who in spite of their talent and success, managed to remain humble. While we can find this type of people not only in the arts, but also in...
