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A TRICK OF THE EYE: ART & AESTHETICS

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Explorations into the past, present, and future of art and aesthetics.

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Latest Activity: Nov 23, 2012

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Art separates us from the animals, defines us as human beings, and distinguishes one class, one group, one culture, one place, and one time from another. It is little more than abstraction—an ersatz reality that reveals what we think of ourselves and the world around us, while shaping how we think of ourselves and the world around us, too. It is cause and effect. It is necessity and extravagance. It reveals and obscures. It is truth and artifice. It is uniquely ours, and it is a trick of the eye.

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You can post anything here related to any kind of visual, multi-media, or performance art. Topics can be about a specific piece, artist, movement, or methodology. Posts on human perception, psychology, and social evolution as they relate to art would also be greatly welcomed.

When posting, remember that comprehensive is good, but brevity is better. There is a lot of information on the web, and a lot of activity on A|N—basically, there are a lot of things competing for our attention. You will get more mileage out of your posts if you remain succinct and focused.

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Comment by Shawn Anonymous on November 2, 2010 at 7:02pm: Hello Friends,

I've been away from AN for a bit, so its been a while since some of us have talked. I hope all is well. I wanted to tell you all about my new article on the Black Skeptics Blogspot, its called "Humanity's Child". If you get a chance, I hope you'll read it and post a comment on the page. If you like it, or simply find it interesting, I hope you'll forward it to your friends and/or groups across the net. You can find a link to the article below. Thanks in guys!

Best,
Shawn

PS- For those of you who are interested, you can also find my previous article entitled "What If" by searching that title on the Black Skeptics Group at Blogspot or RichardDawkins.net

http://blackskeptics.blogspot.com/2010/11/humanitys-child.html

Comment by Ann on August 25, 2010 at 2:21pm: That Darth-art is awesome. Thanks, DG.

Comment by Dallas (on hiatus) on August 19, 2010 at 1:51pm: Awesome Vader Project Puts the ‘Art’ in ‘Darth’

Comment by Dallas (on hiatus) on July 17, 2010 at 12:55pm

Comment by Dallas (on hiatus) on July 14, 2010 at 6:45pm: Raising funds for rare slave portrait

Comment by Dallas (on hiatus) on July 7, 2010 at 10:11am: I haven't had a chance to listen to this yet. Podcasts are posted online for only about 2 weeks, so listen soon if you're interested. - DG

How a Con Man & a Forger Rewrote Modern Art History
Is the artwork in your local museum or personal collection genuine? Can you be sure? We'll talk this hour with investigative journalist Laney Salisbury, co author of "Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art" (Penguin Paperback, 2010).

Comment by Dallas (on hiatus) on July 7, 2010 at 9:56am: Long Lost Michelangelo Sculpture Found?

A sandstone sculpture of a kneeling man sharpening a knife could be a long forgotten work by Michelangelo, according to an Italian scholar who has rediscovered the statue in a private collection.