Slow reading on art: works, artists and the act of looking.
24 articles · 5 categories
Essays & Criticism ·
The lie of “I have no choice” and the trap of self-exploitation. An anatomy of modern slavery through Sartre and Salgado, and the legal rights that set us free (Turkish Laws No. 4857 and 6331).
Essays & Criticism ·
Knowledge passes on through people, not only through screens. From Rembrandt to Nam June Paik, we look at what is lost when learning happens alone and without a master.
Existence & Spirituality ·
The feeling that “there is someone else inside me” is not an illness but the mind’s shelter. We explore dissociation as an art of reconciliation through Phil Stutz and Magritte.
Existence & Spirituality ·
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life.” We read repetition in relationships, and the effort to repair, through Jung and Deleuze.
Existence & Spirituality ·
“The heaviest burden a person can carry is themselves.” From Jung to Goya, we look through art at the moments of confrontation we run from, and at our shadow.
Essays & Criticism ·
“Man is condemned to be free.” From Sartre to de Chirico, we explore through art how indecision is not a weakness but the existential burden of modern life.
Technology & Art ·
The question “Can artificial intelligence be an artist?” is not only a technological debate but also a philosophical and ethical challenge. Throughout history art has been seen as a field of expression based on human imagination, emotion and experience. Today, however, the line between the machine’s calculation and imagination is growing fainter.
Art & Seeing ·
Can art stop time? From Heidegger to Dalí, from On Kawara to Bill Viola: an in-depth look at time, memory and the desire for permanence in art.
Essays & Criticism ·
Art does not console; it confronts. In the light of Albert Camus’s philosophy of the absurd, we look at the absurdity of existence in the works of Louise Bourgeois, Francis Alÿs and Bruce Nauman.
Art & Seeing ·
Louis Wain’s cats are not just cute; they mirror a mind coming apart. An inner journey from anthropomorphic drawings to abstract patterns.
Art & Seeing ·
From the Dadaists who cried “Everything is absurd!” to Yves Klein’s void… We explore the breaking point at which art stopped producing meaning and made the crisis of meaning visible.
Anatomy of an Artwork ·
“Can the three great questions of existence fit into a single painting?” We explore the visual testament Gauguin created in Tahiti and the cyclical anatomy of life.
Existence & Spirituality ·
From Kusama’s dots to Bourgeois’s cells, we explore the visual map art draws of anxiety and obsession. A journey through the labyrinth of the mind.
All articles: 24
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