Jan 28, 2023·edited Jan 28, 2023Liked by Franklin Einspruch
So Franklin, which bodhisattva do you think is represented by the statue in that Joan Hanley painting? It is not a typical bodhisattva image, but it does fit a certain one.
At the risk of being considered hopelessly out of it (not that I care), my current earworm is a rendition of a Handel aria (written for a castrato voice) by the German countertenor Andreas Scholl:
Jan 28, 2023·edited Jan 28, 2023Liked by Franklin Einspruch
I am not acquainted with the work of Howard Chandler Christy, but his painting of the Constitutional Convention strikes me as rather less of glorified illustration than the work of John Currin.
As to that MLK statue, I can see it as part of a marketing campaign, for which the work is apt and in which context it may be considered successful. Of course, the same could be said of the work of Britto.
So Franklin, which bodhisattva do you think is represented by the statue in that Joan Hanley painting? It is not a typical bodhisattva image, but it does fit a certain one.
At the risk of being considered hopelessly out of it (not that I care), my current earworm is a rendition of a Handel aria (written for a castrato voice) by the German countertenor Andreas Scholl:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7XH-58eB8c
Thanks Franklin….yes, we all want that insurance!
I am not acquainted with the work of Howard Chandler Christy, but his painting of the Constitutional Convention strikes me as rather less of glorified illustration than the work of John Currin.
As to that MLK statue, I can see it as part of a marketing campaign, for which the work is apt and in which context it may be considered successful. Of course, the same could be said of the work of Britto.