Alex Melamid

Painter, Sots Art creator, Artenol magazine publisher, and general intellectual muckraker. Art is revolution!

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@e_flux .

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@washingtonpost Wait for a Reichstag fire.

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@novussubsole You’re right. However, the young rascals of Stalin-Mussolini-Hitler era have aged and now creating the New World in the large airy nursing homes that were once called art studios. Or a nursing home once called the White House. A bloody road from neo-Impressionism to neo/senilty

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The cult of the artistic genius - one who brakes conventions and traditions, driven solely by their free spirit- has taken us on a journey from the body contortions of Jackson Pollock to the spectacle of the Trump dance. Enjoy the ride!

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We had a hope that our president is insane. Like every great artist. It turned out that he is an idiot. Like an average artist.

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Are we waiting for a Reichstag fire moments?

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Are we waiting for a Reichstag moment ?

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Excellent exhibition of the Trump era: militant senility

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China has published a list of “authentic living buddhas”, saying that growing numbers of fraudulent buddhas are using their status to swindle money from believers. Where is the list of authentic living artists?

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A friend of mine once said “ Something about Trump has exacerbated the dislike I feel for people of my own artistic ilk and stamp.”

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Artistic illusions determine our political delusions.

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Warhol ended the world of illusions that my generation lived in - the illusion of the holy art and the artist as a martyr. In the era of Regan, Thatcher, Deng Xiaoping, the artist became a hero - like Andy himself, huckster, bare-knuckled thug who builds a business blow-by-blow.

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Art has become the middle class Kindergarten of Eden. Doesn’t it explain success of Trump? But the pundits still talk about economy as a reason for discontent. The economy is fine, perhaps better than ever. Our culture sucks - from the White House to Gagosian Gallery.

[Alex Melamid @AMelamid]

Artistic illusions determine our political illusions.