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John Harvey McCracken (December 9, 1934 – April 8, 2011) [1] was an American minimalist visual artist. He lived and worked in Los Angeles, Santa Fe, New Mexico , and New York. Education and teaching
The phrase synesthesia in art has historically referred to a wide variety of artists' experiments that have explored the co-operation of the senses (e.g. seeing and hearing; the word synesthesia is from the Ancient Greek σύν (syn), "together," and αἴσθησις (aisthēsis), "sensation") in the genres of visual music, music visualization, audiovisual art, abstract film, and intermedia ...
Artist [19] [20] Marina Diamandis: Multiple b. 1985 United Kingdom Singer-songwriter [21] [22] Patricia Lynne Duffy: Unspecified b. 1952 United States Author Wrote Blue Cats and Chartreuse Kittens, the first book by a synesthete about synesthesia. Co-founded the American Synesthesia Association. [23] Mary J. Blige: Sound to colour b. 1971 ...
John McCracken may refer to: John McCracken (artist) (1934–2011), American minimalist artist John McCracken (historian) (1938–2017), Scottish historian and Africanist
J. J. McCracken (born 1972 [1] in Mifflin, PA) is an American artist who lives and works in Washington, D.C. McCracken creates "sculptures, performances, and immersive installations focused on free speech, social justice and resource equity."
Synesthesia as Romantic ideal: in which the condition illustrates the Romantic ideal of transcending one's experience of the world. Books in this category include The Gift by Vladimir Nabokov. Synesthesia as pathology: in which the trait is pathological. Books in this category include The Whole World Over by Julia Glass.
McCracken is influenced by the Flemish Baroque school of still life where meticulous attention is paid to detail. These works of art are centered around compositions of flowers, eating utensils in the style and manner of the ontbijtje of "little breakfast", while these Flemish works were of a style of Vanitas, [7] McCraken's work is not philosophical in the sense that the subject is meant to ...
This exhibit was a critical and media success as reported in Time [3] and Newsweek, [4] presenting the public with a show dedicated to a "New Art". Critical labels for the art included "ABC art," "reductive art" and "Minimalism," [5] though these labels were all roundly rejected by the artists themselves, notably Donald Judd.