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signandsight

Most texts which accompany contemporary art production are so twisted and woolly that they could easily pass for self-parody. Christian Demand takes up a three hundred year old lament.

Beautiful Losers (a movement that has been transforming pop culture)

Beautiful Losers

Explores the spirit behind an influential cultural movement of a generation. In the early 1990’s a loose-knit group of likeminded outsiders found common ground at a little NYC storefront gallery. Rooted in the DIY (do-it-yourself) subcultures of skateboarding, surf, punk, hip hop and graffiti, they made art that reflected the lifestyles they led. Developing their craft with almost no influence from the “establishment” art world, this group, and the subcultures they sprang from, have now become a movement that has been transforming pop culture

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John McWhorter: the most unpopular black man in America?

John McWhorter: the most unpopular black man in America?….Political
rappers recycle clichés about ‘the ghetto’ and fail black aspirations,
says John McWhorter, but is the American academic overlooking the rise of the bling thing?

Admit it, you’re as bored as I am

After 40 years and 1,500 concerts, Joe Queenan is finally ready to say the unsayable: new classical music is absolute torture - and its fans have no reason to be so smug

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Fiddling Around With History
Gene Weingarten got his Pulitzer Prize, by being so original. So should he now turn his prize back in? …read more

Can Poetry Matter?
Poetry has vanished as a cultural force in America. If poets venture outside their confined world, they can work to make it essential once more …read more