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On synthesis, simplification, compartmentalization, comfort

Saturday, May 1st, 2010

Theodor Adorno strongly influenced my approach when I worked on post-World War II German art (specifically, West German abstract art). I was quite surprised recently to be reminded of him while reading Roger Martin’s business book, The Opposable Mind. I mean, Adorno and business? Really? On p.102-3 of my book, Reconstructing the Subject; Modernist Painting […]

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Continuing a conversation on avc

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

Replying to a couple of comments on Fred Wilson, reblogging here: Good points. In your blog you do, however, focus in on a specific area (as per your blog’s title, a VC). That makes it all hang together, and focuses your insights. Others might think out loud, but it’s unfocused (although in the aggregate, it […]

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