{"id":8311,"date":"2019-03-03T20:26:26","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T01:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=8311"},"modified":"2019-03-03T20:26:35","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T01:26:35","slug":"turpentine-diaries-3-3-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2019\/03\/turpentine-diaries-3-3-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Turpentine diaries 3\/3\/19"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bah! I am grinding my way (trying to anyway) through a volume of
Clement Greenberg’s<\/a> essays. In case you haven’t heard of him, Greenberg was once considered the preeminent writer on post-war American art. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greenberg’s writings are filled with hilarious pronouncements hurled from the Marxist Olympian heights. As a champion of the Abstract Expressionists, he pronounced anathema on figurative art and cast it to the outer darkness of kitsch<\/em>. He was a favorite target of the Pop artists’ mockery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more<\/span>Cleveland Museum of Art Opens Renovations<\/span><\/a><\/div>

His writings are thin gruel. He was a decent stylist but so far none of his essays are interesting. Thin gruel, like I said. But, sad to say, his work rises above most of what passes for art journalism today, which is marketing and celebrity worship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a quick oil sketch I did today. The subject is the same one in the larger painting behind it. I spent all day working over small details in the big painting and wanted to cut loose.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bah! I am grinding my way (trying to anyway) through a volume of Clement Greenberg’s essays. In case you haven’t heard of him, Greenberg was once considered the preeminent writer on post-war American art. Greenberg’s writings are filled with hilarious pronouncements hurled from the Marxist Olympian heights. 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