so-soAnd around and around we go! 😵💫 When the book started with a chapter about whitescapes, an apparent critique of minimalist architecture/interior design, I thought maybe we were going to consider individual colours, how people historically have reacted to them, how they might arouse fear, disgust, phobia, as much as praise, from an art-focused, rather than psychological basis. 1/?
pickInteresting series of essays on the darker histories of beautiful things-silk, marble, make up, perfume, and more. The author is a confessed lover and collector of beautiful objects. For each chapter Kelleher shares a history of an item along with her own thoughts on the nature of desire, beauty, consumption, and the ethics of how these valued items came to be. This book is for folks that are fascinated by deep dives into the minutiae of stuff.
I kinda love his take.
pickI think the thing that is most interesting but also most upsetting about this book is that it was written in 1995 but is still so relevant. Obviously hooks is brilliant, but it means that the state of discourse around art, race, and gender has really not progressed much in the past 30 years.
Sometimes I can't get a thought out of my head. Friday it was, “wait are we a greek Chorus on Taylor Swift's new album?“ And here we are. https://youtu.be/_wWM3xuShR4
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The information in this book didn‘t really surprise me, but it was affirming and inspiring. I enjoyed learning about the science and research and feel newly energized to prioritize the arts and aesthetics in my family‘s life. ⬇️
I guess if you're going to look at the range of opinions in art criticism and see what the reasoning was behind chromophobia you'll sample whatever period 3w
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Some older people have not liked colour and their reasons are kind of sus, many people, artists, have worked with and discussed colour (some are recognized as trailblazers for doing so) in ways that might not be recognized as art by the older guys, but why should we care what they thought? 3w