Walking Man: The Art of Thomas Denny
By Essay Issue 86
Fair Quiet, have I found thee here, And Innocence, thy sister dear! Mistaken long, I sought you then In busy companies of men; Your sacred plants, if here below, Only among the plants will grow. Society is all but rude, To this delicious solitude. Meanwhile the mind, from pleasure less, Withdraws into its happiness; The…
Read MoreGerhard Richter: The Capacity for Belief
By Essay Issue 64
WHEN MEASURING an artist’s greatness within a particular tradition, the essential criterion is not what that artist takes from the tradition but what he or she adds to it. For almost half a century, Gerhard Richter has applied his creative aptitude and technical facility to a critical investigation of the viability of a genuinely contemporary…
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