Tice’s pictures sometimes include people, but their visible presence in the flesh is rarely central to his vision, which instead investigates a largely depopulated urban and rural environment, a set of physical structures rather than social interactions. To the extent that he concerns himself with the past and present inhabitants of these locales, he addresses them through what they have built there and the marks they have left behind, not through the activities and behaviors of the present-day citizenry. In that sense, his motive is more archaeological than sociological. […]
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Recovering Nicely, Thanks I turn 81 today. Given the state of the union, and the world, I find myself in reasonably good spirits. And, while I’m recovering from a chest cold, I’d have to say that I find myself in reasonably good health. I’m up to date on all my shots, so I […] I truly thought we would put Trump and what he represents on the shelf with other short-lived American examples of “Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds.” His comeback signifies that, instead, he represents something enduring and evil in our collective unconscious. […] Nowadays it takes the extraordinary to viralize an image. And, though it’s not necessarily to his benefit, Trump has the magic touch in that regard. The past several weeks have yielded multiple Trump-related imagistic gems, including, but not limited to, … […] |
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Straight Outta Stone Ridge: Small-Town Talk (3)
It’s a sign of the times that, when Trump got elected this fall, we sat down and seriously considered investing in a freezer. Simply contemplating this purchase doesn’t put us on the slippery slope heading downhill toward doomsday prepping. Yet. But it’s a small step in that direction. […]