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The art world is constantly changing, so we are very lucky that we have a great new website

called Art and

Object that can keep us up to date. Recently, I loved an article on Art and Object that was

about the best impressionist painter you've never heard of, Marie Brockmond, who of course is a

fantastic artist. So find out more about Marie Brockmond and find Art and Object on the web

at www.organt.com. That's www.art-a-n-d-object.com.

This episode contains descriptions that might be disturbing to some listeners, so please

use discretion. I'll be the first to admit that I was always that person sitting in my art history lecture courses

who perked up a little bit when something a little strange or gruesome appeared on the screen in front of me.

After all, so much of the greatest hits of art history are all about beauty.

Think about the perfection of Hellenistic Greek

sculpture or of Botticelli's lithe and gorgeous Venus or the sun-dappled flowers of any number of

Impressionist paintings. So when we come to see something that's graphic or ugly or disturbing,

it's a surprise. And I love a good surprise, especially when there's a tinge of darkness to it.

So it makes sense that I would be intrigued by a Spanish painter known for his no-holds-barred imagery

of the horrors of war, the violence we inflict on each other, and the madness lurking inside

all of us. But one of his paintings has always been a little too much, even for me to

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