A Forum for Vigorous Debate, Cornerstone of Democracy

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A FORUM FOR FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND VIGOROUS DEBATE, CORNERSTONES OF DEMOCRACY
[For the journal--guidelines, focus, etc.--go to www.theamericandissident.org. If you have questions, please contact me at todslone@hotmail.com. Comments are NOT moderated (i.e., CENSORED)!]
Encouraged censorship and self-censorship seem to have become popular in America today. Those who censor others, not just self, tend to favor the term "moderate," as opposed to "censor" and "moderation" to "censorship." But that doesn't change what they do. They still act as Little Caesars or Big Brother protectors of the thin-skinned. Democracy, however, demands a tough populace, not so easily offended. On this blog, and to buck the trend of censorship, banning, and ostracizing, comments are NEVER "moderated." Rarely (almost NEVER) do the targets of these blog entries respond in an effort to defend themselves with cogent counter-argumentation. This blog is testimony to how little academics, poets, critics, newspaper editors, cartoonists, political hacks, cultural council apparatchiks, librarians et al appreciate VIGOROUS DEBATE, cornerstone of democracy. Clearly, far too many of them could likely prosper just fine in places like communist China and Cuba or Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Russia, not to mention Sweden, England, and Austria.
ISSUE #47 PUBLISHED MAY 2024. NOW SEEKING SUBMISSIONS FOR ISSUE #48.

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Showing posts with label Christopher Wool. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christopher Wool. Show all posts

Sunday, April 18, 2021

Peter Schjeldahl

Curator/Censor Publicists In Full Control of the Art Machine

Below is an aquarelle incited by elite New Yorker art publicist, Peter Schjeldahl, which I created in 2014.  It is the first in my series, Entartete Kunst (Depraved Art).  I've done over 40 such aquarelles, each an example of art that would automatically be rejected by elitists like Schjeldahl.  In the aquarelle, the three "paintings" hanging on the wall are the works of Wool, who Schjeldahl lauds ad laudanum...  For another aquarelle example, see wwwtheamericandissidentorg.blogspot.com/2018/05/sebastian-smee.html.  Contemplate all of the art and poetry that have ended up in total oblivion, thanks to centuries of rule by curator censors like Schjeldahl...



Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Peter Schjeldahl

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Text on the bottom of the picture:   
Schjeldahl:  “Like it or not, Christopher Wool, now 58, is probably the most important American painter of his generation.  His works ace the crude test that passes for critical judgment in the art market:  They look impeccable on walls…"
PM:  “Impeccable on walls?  Well, how about these two I just finished? 

NB:  Believe it or not, the pictures on the cartoon wall are exact copies of the art praised by Schjeldahl.