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.) | 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...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Dec 4, 2015 | Art | Religion | Theory, Art History, General
Are we going to see an upsurge of Christian Art? The Protestant Reformation happened in Germany (October 1517) when Martin Luther (then Catholic) nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Church. The document heavily criticized the Church and the...
by Monica Marquez | Nov 17, 2015 | Art | Religion | Theory, Art History
Marcel Duchamp and social labelling Just watched a fascinating YouTube video-clip of Marcel Duchamp being interviewed in 1968 by BBC journalist Joan Bakewell. It was indeed a true pleasure to listen to the one who paved the way for pop art, conceptual art and many...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Oct 2, 2015 | Art | Religion | Theory
« The Message is the Message » The other day, while giving a lecture to my students in an important North American museum, I said that if they wanted to be successful artists, knowledge is key and, of course, I quote the eternal quote “knowledge is power”. Information...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Sep 10, 2015 | Art | Religion | Theory
“When something becomes useful, it ceases to be beautiful” (T. Gautier) Undoubtedly we are living very interesting times greatly due to digitalization and the expansion of mass media and social media. Beside the interesting GOP race going on in the U.S.A. and the...
