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ESSAYS E-BOOK CRA 6/11/10
Sentimental Education:Essays in ArtEssays Volume Two by Lethe Bashar 
 
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Contents
A Short Introduction 3What is Contemporary Art? 4Reflecting on Basquiat 9Here Come the Culture Critics 14Is Nic Rad the Next Warhol? 18Art, Taste, Money 21Magic and the Subconscious in Michael Cheval¶s Art 27The City 33On Music 35The Meaning of Brice Marden 39Why is Photorealism Hugely Popular? 45Olaf Hajek and the Illustration Masters 50The Unknown Aspect of Human Creativity 52
 
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A
Short Introduction
The visual arts have been at the center of my life from my earliest memories. My mother was a painter and she taught me to observe the world intently; she also conveyed themysteries of the creative artist; a love of introspection; and an intelligence built onassociation. My father had a passion for classical literature and he taught me theimportance of words, sentences, logic. He introduced thematic concerns. My own form of expression, I like to believe, is a combination of the two.My sentimental education was not based on failed romances, or successful ones,for that matter. But my maturity to appreciate art. I believe visual art is born in theemotional realm, that it lives in emotion as a human being lives in the open air. A poetonce said that art leaves the imprint of the artist¶s emotions as she creates.I hope these essays carry a sense of experimental wonder to whomever readsthem; also a love of beautiful forms, and a sadness toward self-destruction. Because I amnot a visual artist, I have the privilege of looking on, the privilege of an outsider¶s pointof view. I admire painting, drawing, illustration, photography, architecture, even music,like a little boy mystified by a magic trick. Literature and writing, on the other hand, is atrick I wish to learn.
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