[ilds] Gifford's "Late Modernism's Migrations"

[Denise Tart & David Green]

It’s fascinating to watch this “network” evolve over space and time, if you will.  There’s a certain grandeur to what was taking place during the 30s, 40s, and 50s among a small group of artists.  Nowadays all such activity has shrunk and diminished.


Bruce

Ha, the artists have all gone mainstream. They are on the public payroll (arts grants) or sustained by university tenure (nothing against unis, when there once meself)
Either that or they are all on Twitter or Facebook. It is all very bourgeois and many do not have much to say in case they offend someone BUT you can write about climate change, or evil capitalists or governments being mean to migrants or indigenous people or you can write clever little poems to be read by your friends and softly applauded. When the Australian poet Les Murray countered this in 'Sub Human Redneck Poems' he was cast into outer darkness which doesn't really bother Les as he feels better when people are not around. WE live in a depoliticized world, at least in the west. The corporations and the Institutions have taken over. The fascist communist polarity as been replaced by the beige pursuit of cars with GPS, superannuation funds and the wellness industry. Where are today's Celines, Henry MIllers, Lawrence Durrells, Charles Bukowskis??? aye, where are they? There was this French guy, Houllebeck or something, but they ran him out of town. He's hiding in Ireland drinking Guinness. So here's to Larry and the lads (and Lasses) they did good back then. Who's writing today's Air-conditioned Nightmare or Justine?? maybe you know James?? In the meantime I am going to buy a racing bike and start eating mung beans..



David Green
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