Tag Archives: Steve Reich

An Evening Redness in The West

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Brian Kubarycz

The way of the world is to bloom and to flower and die but in the affairs of men there is no waning and the noon of his expression signals the onset of night. His spirit is exhausted at the … Continue reading →

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Minimalism and Pendulum Music: The Avant-Garde becomes Ye Olde-Garde

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Brian Kubarycz

• THE OLD NEW • Roger Sessions (1896 – 1985) “String Quartet #2 ~ Lento” “Concertino for chamber orchestra – Lento molto” Elliott Carter (b. 1908) “String Quartet ~ Variations” “90+” New York Times News Flash: Elliott Carter: Turning 100 … Continue reading →

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Syncope – Nude Ascending

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Brian Kubarycz

Eadweard J. Muybridge Woman Ascending a Stepladder Two Steps at a Time Plate 110 from Animal Locomotion (1887) Syncope: 1: loss of consciousness resulting from insufficient blood flow to the brain : faint 2: the loss of one or more … Continue reading →

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Applause as Music, Audience as Maleable Medium

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Brian Kubarycz

If Michael Fried argues, in “Art and Objecthood” (1967), that the very best abstract formalist paintings and sculptures of the day are absolutely authoritative, in their own right and on their own terms, and stand in no need whatsoever of … Continue reading →

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Western Highway – Anti-Art and The Mundane

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Brian Kubarycz

In “Art and Objecthood” (1967), Michael Fried argues that if we stick to the old high standard of Art which has prevailed since the early Renaissance and the rise of Humanism, then Minimalism does not even qualify as Art. Rather, … Continue reading →

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