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A funny thing about intellectuals is a tendency to become egocentrically ”in-the-know”, and to associate only with those who are of the same mind with regard to intellectualism. (It should be noted, I could never be mistaken for an intellectual, so there is little risk of my denegrating their ranks with my humble ponderings and ‘lower branch’ awareness.) However, I would not be offended to be tagged as an intellectual. There are certainly worse “tags” to wear. (The lower branches are full of “tags” dropped from upper branches, afterall.)
Hastening through the evolutionary tree, it was the intellectuals who determined “as above, so below.” The view from the top must have been the next green belt and the birds, immediately followed by lower beings making thier way towards the green belt on two feet. Of course, it is possible the first expedition was led by one of the upper dwelling visionaries. More likely, the intellectual reasoned to wait until the ever present predators had their fill before venturing forth.
Today, we celebrate both the great thinkers and the brave adventurers. Today, the next green belt is Mars, or perhaps a moon of Venus. Wouldn’t it be ironic to discover the price of such a venture is the sacrifice of our ability to walk upright?
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- Anthony Lister at Lyons Wier Gallery, NYC March 17, 2010Australian born artist Anthony Lister is showing at the Lyons Wier Gallery in New York City from March 19 through to April 19.A lot of my favorite artists are painters that never really give up using the pencil (line). Painterly paintings are good but so are paintings that look like drawings. I guess I like painterly drawings or linear paintings. I like painterly paintings and linear drawings too ;-)Anthony Lister - Terms of Engagement, 2010Mixed media on canvas, 39.5 x 39.5 inchesAnthony Lister - BET, 2010mixed media on paper, 6.5 x 9.5 inchesAnthony Lister Super Girl 1, 2010Mixed media on canvas, 14 x 11 inchesFrom the Lyons Wier Gallery blog here.."Known in the Low Brow movement for his intriguing, playful hybrid of street art, expressionism, and cubism all manifested in non-traditional media such as spray paint; Lister’s new body of work shows the tongue-in-cheek frivolity of his earlier pieces developing (or decaying) into a more mature and disturbing direction. The deformities and un-done aesthetic resolve of Lister’s work provides viewers with a concretization of contemporary societies’ psyche – or, as the artist himself states, “making the obvious more, well, obvious”."OPENING: Fri. March 19th, 2010 6-9pmDATES: March 19th - April 19th, 2010See more Anthony Lister works from the exhibition here or see the artist's website here.
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