{"id":3929,"date":"2014-01-03T21:37:12","date_gmt":"2014-01-03T20:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/?p=3929"},"modified":"2015-07-17T10:51:16","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T08:51:16","slug":"artist-are-you-following-the-crystal-or-the-flame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/03\/artist-are-you-following-the-crystal-or-the-flame\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist, are you following the Crystal or the Flame?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3929 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/03\/artist-are-you-following-the-crystal-or-the-flame\/dsc_1181\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"101\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_1181.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3930\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3930'>\n\t\t\t\tSam Moyer, Untitled, 2013, ink on canvas mounted to wood panel, 213,4&#215;152,4 cm.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/03\/artist-are-you-following-the-crystal-or-the-flame\/dsc_1180\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"101\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_1180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3931\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3931'>\n\t\t\t\tOscar Tuazon, Playboy Papercrete, 2012\/2013, Concrete, 165x165x 12 cm, weight approx. 110 kg. 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Back: Chopped Bill, 2013, Dye sublimation on linen in road case, 42x110x13 in.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/03\/artist-are-you-following-the-crystal-or-the-flame\/dscn4609\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSCN4609.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3937\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3937'>\n\t\t\t\tKatja Novitskova, Approximation III, 2013, digital print on aluminium, cutout display, 200x150x18. Courtesy of Kraupa-Tuskany Ziedler.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/01\/03\/artist-are-you-following-the-crystal-or-the-flame\/img_2290\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2290.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3938\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3938'>\n\t\t\t\tTobias Putrih, Pollymagoo inverted (arms and legs), 2012, aluminum felt.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Crystal and flame: two forms of perfect beauty that we cannot tear our eyes away from, two modes of growth in time, of expenditure of the matter surrounding them, two moral symbols, two absolutes, two categories for classifying facts and ideas, styles and feelings, A short while ago I suggested a \u201cParty of the Crystal\u201d in twentieth-century literature, and I think one could draw up a similar list from a \u201cParty of the Flame\u201d. I have always considered myself s partisan of the crystal, but the passage just quoted teaches me not to forget the value of the flame as a way of being, as a mode of existence. In the sane way, I would like those who think of themselves as disciplines of the flame not to lose sight of the tranquil, arduous lesson of the crystal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Italo Calvino, Six Memos for the next millennium, 1985-1988.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &#8220;Crystal and flame: two forms of perfect beauty that we cannot tear our eyes away from, two modes of growth in time, of expenditure of the matter surrounding them, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1793],"tags":[1535,1338,659,1379,1534,738,1376,1402,1536],"class_list":["post-3929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-to-be-discovered","tag-cheney-thompson","tag-hugh-scott-douglas","tag-italo-calvino","tag-katja-novitskova","tag-lucien-smith","tag-mateo-lopez","tag-oscar-tuazon","tag-sam-moyer","tag-tobias-putrih"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}