Comments on: Summer Beach Reading List? http://www.printeresting.org/2008/07/15/summer-beach-reading-list/ The thinking person's favorite online resource for interesting printmaking miscellany. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:32:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: rltillman http://www.printeresting.org/2008/07/15/summer-beach-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-48 rltillman Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:41:24 +0000 http://printeresting.wordpress.com/?p=355#comment-48 @ Lou: I lean toward your attitude: I don't know about a dead horse, but it's an old horse. The article represents a dated ideology, and its critical premises are of little relevance to practicing print artists. Not to mention the fact that these premises are old enough to be considered "tested," and they haven't proven true. (One caveat here: perhaps he was decades ahead of his time, and the Internet will democratize the visual arts.) Nonetheless, Benjamin owns a place on this list. "Art in the Age" remains a must-read for a student of print, not as a living critical text, but as a historical document. @ Lou:
I lean toward your attitude: I don’t know about a dead horse, but it’s an old horse. The article represents a dated ideology, and its critical premises are of little relevance to practicing print artists. Not to mention the fact that these premises are old enough to be considered “tested,” and they haven’t proven true. (One caveat here: perhaps he was decades ahead of his time, and the Internet will democratize the visual arts.)

Nonetheless, Benjamin owns a place on this list. “Art in the Age” remains a must-read for a student of print, not as a living critical text, but as a historical document.

]]> By: Lou http://www.printeresting.org/2008/07/15/summer-beach-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Lou Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:29:50 +0000 http://printeresting.wordpress.com/?p=355#comment-47 Does anyone get the feeling the Benjamin article is sort of a dead horse for printmakers at this point? I mean, it applies in a "well, duh" sort of way, but I always got the impression it was more of a prestige thing, to make printmaking in general sound more conceptual. Just curious if anyone hearing mentions of Benjamin and the "printmaking is the democratic medium" line make your eyes roll back in your head. Does anyone get the feeling the Benjamin article is sort of a dead horse for printmakers at this point? I mean, it applies in a “well, duh” sort of way, but I always got the impression it was more of a prestige thing, to make printmaking in general sound more conceptual.

Just curious if anyone hearing mentions of Benjamin and the “printmaking is the democratic medium” line make your eyes roll back in your head.

]]> By: Ruth Weisberg http://www.printeresting.org/2008/07/15/summer-beach-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Ruth Weisberg Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:18:27 +0000 http://printeresting.wordpress.com/?p=355#comment-45 Thank you Beauvais! this is going to be a terrific resource and stimulus for dialogue and new thinking --or old thinking renewed which is what I seem to specialize in........ So who is the guy in the photo? Looks like Walter Benjamin but I can't be sure. With real appreciation, Ruth Thank you Beauvais! this is going to be a terrific resource and stimulus for dialogue and new thinking –or old thinking renewed which is what I seem to specialize in…….. So who is the guy in the photo? Looks like Walter Benjamin but I can’t be sure.
With real appreciation, Ruth

]]> By: amze http://www.printeresting.org/2008/07/15/summer-beach-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-46 amze Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:23:15 +0000 http://printeresting.wordpress.com/?p=355#comment-46 Thanks Ruth! It is indeed Walter in the photo. No doubt he is working away on his unpublished book of recipes. Thanks for looking at our blog! Thanks Ruth!
It is indeed Walter in the photo.
No doubt he is working away on his unpublished book of recipes.

Thanks for looking at our blog!

]]> By: jasonurban http://www.printeresting.org/2008/07/15/summer-beach-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-44 jasonurban Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:42:23 +0000 http://printeresting.wordpress.com/?p=355#comment-44 I've got a book to add... Chasing the Perfect by Natalia Ilyin This isn't necessarily a "must-read" for printmakers but it is one of the rare art books that is both light AND insightful- it would definitely be good for the beach. As a designer herself, Ilyin doesn't focus on art but her points are often applicable. Ilyin has a knack for using antidotes to illustrate interesting points about Modernism, its practitioners, and its legacy. "Browsing the Tome" is a particularly good chapter. Ilyin also had a great article in the most recent issue of Step called "Man in the Irony Mask." Its short and worth a read. I’ve got a book to add… Chasing the Perfect by Natalia Ilyin

This isn’t necessarily a “must-read” for printmakers but it is one of the rare art books that is both light AND insightful- it would definitely be good for the beach. As a designer herself, Ilyin doesn’t focus on art but her points are often applicable. Ilyin has a knack for using antidotes to illustrate interesting points about Modernism, its practitioners, and its legacy. “Browsing the Tome” is a particularly good chapter.

Ilyin also had a great article in the most recent issue of Step called “Man in the Irony Mask.” Its short and worth a read.

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