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CTyankee

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17. I wanted to say that I changed my essay topic to Giacometti after learning of the

Reply to Coventina (Reply #12)

Sat Jun 20, 2015, 08:01 AM

Jun 2015

events in SC. The other one will appear in a couple of weeks. I was still working on the Giacometti and I think I could have fine tuned it further, but the point is there.

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Giacometti’s Wasted Souls [View all] CTyankee Jun 2015 OP

sadly it looks like Fashion Week in N.Y.C. olddots Jun 2015 #1

so true... CTyankee Jun 2015 #2

Good read edhopper Jun 2015 #3

based on what the artist said, that's about it... CTyankee Jun 2015 #4

One of Giacometti's walking men appeared on the cover of Barrett's "Irrational Man" Jim__ Jun 2015 #5

was the role of Giacometti's art on existentialism discussed? CTyankee Jun 2015 #6

I don't think so. Jim__ Jun 2015 #7

I wondered because thinking about the implications of art often change with the times. CTyankee Jun 2015 #8

I was struck by the size of Annette's hands, brer cat Jun 2015 #9

I know and I get the big feet on his people (grounding) but the big hands are a CTyankee Jun 2015 #10

Her chin seems to be slightly MerryBlooms Jun 2015 #11

Oh, I'm happy you feel that way. I like your interpretation re the hands... CTyankee Jun 2015 #14

Don't read into it to much edhopper Jun 2015 #18

I think that was what Danto was saying...that Sartre learned from Giacometti...what CTyankee Jun 2015 #21

Yes edhopper Jun 2015 #22

We all look at (and appreciate) art with our own contemporary minds so it is CTyankee Jun 2015 #23

I don't think it is wrong to edhopper Jun 2015 #24

The reason I like to post these essays is precisely to ask what the artist means... CTyankee Jun 2015 #25

That is a good point. edhopper Jun 2015 #26

Wonderful piece, CTyankee. And so eerily timely. Coventina Jun 2015 #12

The great thing about art is that it speaks beyond the generations of its own... CTyankee Jun 2015 #15

I wanted to say that I changed my essay topic to Giacometti after learning of the CTyankee Jun 2015 #17

I saw some Giacommettis in person when I was much younger....KnR til I can come back & read this Hekate Jun 2015 #13

glad you like them. I look forward to your comments! CTyankee Jun 2015 #16

love him. mopinko Jun 2015 #19

chicago! CTyankee Jun 2015 #20

Oh, so wonderful again. pangaia Jun 2015 #27

I was heavily influenced by Danto's piece in The Nation... CTyankee Jun 2015 #28