the Art of A. FIORILLO – The Odyssey of the Forces of Death .
We know virtually nothing about this artist, A. FIORILLO. Urban legend has it that the artist, who was obviously engaged in art making as a form of social activism, lived in Manhattan in the 1960's...
View ArticleTHE CABINET OF THE SOLAR PLEXUS a landmark exhibition of international...
The Cabinet of the Solar Plexus and GalleryX are pleased to present this landmark exhibition of international esoteric and arcane art, curated by Dolorosa de la Cruz The post THE CABINET OF THE SOLAR...
View ArticleFinding Rock N Roll and the Macabre through the Gypsy Live in France
Marine Craven is the lead singer of the band Voodoo Kills. Marine grew up in a small village in France where her Gypsy parents introduced her to Ouija boards and the Supernatural at a young age. Later,...
View Article“Rendering the Unthinkable” at the 9/11 Museum
Visiting the current special exhibition at the 9/11 museum on September 14th two days after it opened reminded me of the long gone days when I went to museums to be alone The post “Rendering the...
View ArticleTHE ART OF RAY ROBINSON: THE THIRD DOOR
History is littered with visionaries who change our perception, Often, in these people’s lifetime their work, their art is only glimpsed out of the corner of an eye and whilst it changes you, the...
View ArticleBob’s Hardly
It’s Saturday, my day off from ‘ol Citizen’s Cab. And the spawn are off busy with their mom and Uncle – who’s visiting from Texas. So, alone, I biked over to the annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass...
View Article“MATERIA PRIMA”, the artist as shamanic presence at BLAM BROOKLYN.
BLAM BROOKLYN is pleased to announce the exhibition "MATERIA PRIMA", curated by Stephen Romano. The exhibition is a mixture of leading contemporary artists, folk art, vernacular photography, esoteric...
View ArticleDon’t Fool Yourself, with Pizzagate, The Witch Hunts Aren’t Just Coming,...
A few people asked me what I thought about the supposed Marina Abramovic scandal a few weeks back when it hit and I was just sort of like, ummm, what scandal? The post Don’t Fool Yourself, with...
View ArticleMaybe It’s Time We Start Asking the Question: Why Do Conservative People Suck...
Admittedly, that’s more than a bit of a click bait headline, but underneath it lies a legitimate inquiry about the nature of human psychology. The post Maybe It’s Time We Start Asking the Question: Why...
View ArticleProgressives Lead Where it Matters
If we'd like government to catch up sooner rather than later, the solution is not to activate the other side's lizard brain with fiery arguments and ridicule; the solution is to play to our strengths...
View ArticleRobert Kippur: A New York Outsider
Many contemporary art galleries have become confectioners of art culture. That is to say, often the works of art hanging on the white walls of your typical contemporary art gallery have no... The post...
View ArticleVincent Castiglia: Existential Visionary Artist who paints in human blood
Castiglia's paintings are monochromatic tableaux examining life, death, and the human condition. While many surrealists cite fantasy or dreams as their inspiration, Castiglia’s canvases are connected...
View ArticleThe Identity Politics of Art and the Self Immolation of the Left
Unless you’re an aficionado of contemporary art, you’ve likely never heard of Dana Schutz. If you have recently, it’s probably due to controversy surrounding her recent entry into New York’s...
View ArticleErotic Folk Horror Master Mario Mercier’s New Series of “CHAMANIQUE” Drawings.
Born in 1936, Mario Mercier is mostly known by movie buffs for his full-length films Erotic Witchcraft (La Goulve, 1972) and A Woman Possessed (La Papesse, 1974). These two films were very... The post...
View ArticleWe the People: America’s Middle Eastern Legacy
On July 4th, 1776 the Second Continental Congress that represented the thirteen American colonies declared its independence from British rule. Colonial America was comprised of French, Dutch, Spanish,...
View ArticleHermaphroditic Son of the Sun and Moon – 1752 – a compendum,
Hermaphroditic son of the Sun and Moon, 1752 Hermaphroditisches Sonn- und Monds-Kind, das ist des Sohns deren Philosophen natürlich-übernatürliche Gebährung, Zerstöhrung und Regenerirung oder...
View ArticleSocial Justice Roulette: How The Left is Public-Shaming Itself to Death
Content Warning: This article is an honest critique of call-out culture, language policing, cultural appropriation, and privilege politics from the perspective of classical liberalism, assertiveness...
View ArticleBeauties and Priests, Among Other Beasts: William Mortensen’s Images of...
by Tom Patterson this essay originally appeared in the catalog “A Pictorial Compendium of Witchcraft” please refer to PDF for page number citations. republished with permission from the author. If...
View ArticleInterview with the Magus: Felix Warren
I came across the work of the amazingly talented Felix Warren via one of Taylor Ellwood’s Facebook community pages. Felix is an adept artist, magician and teacher who’s work invokes a sense... The...
View ArticleAll of the Art from Jung’s The Red Book is Now Online
Were you, like me, too cheap to pony up the $150 bucks to buy this thing when it was finally published back in 2009? Well, your thriftiness has finally paid off as... The post All of the Art from...
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