His edition» We Fly Higher «plays
with dilettantism of home - made banners and a transparent and ironized utopia and idealism featuring corporate slogans which could for example come from international car leasing companies.
For Nocturnal Animals
takes dilettantism as a principle; Ford, who previously directed A Single Man
Barbara Bloom is best known for smart, conceptual installations that mock fine taste and
effete dilettantism, while acknowledging the seductive charms of high culture.
His privileged background might also be said to dovetail with his genre - bouncing «in his early career, from impressionism to cubism «but there is
little dilettantism to Picabia.
With very different motivations, paintings were produced that sought to examine the painting tradition, the post-war avant - gardes and the artists» own immediate present to equal degrees: masterfully executed «Bad Painting» encountered classical genre painting or
staged dilettantism.
Many people think that «research proceeds better, faster, and deeper when you specialize,» associating «disciplinarity with rigor and interdisciplinarity
with dilettantism,» he adds.
In terms of the book biz, I laughed out loud at the comment about «
dilettantism.»
«His rapid evolution through styles, and his willingness to work in many at once in his late years, has historically opened Picabia to charges of
dilettantism, or a willingness to chase notoriety by any means necessary — which are also, of course, key aspects of today's contemporary art world.