Rene G. Cepeda

Tag: art history

  • New Twitter Hashtag

    New Twitter Hashtag

    I have created a new Twitter hashtag: #tipsforartists where I give tips to artists so they can break into the art world and not be taken advantage of. Tweet your own tips under this tag, or send them to me so I can publish them.

  • Brecht and Picasso, art as a weapon for social change

    Brecht and Picasso, art as a weapon for social change

    In this essay my intention is to reflect on Picasso’s Guernica and its importance in the world scene as a condemnation of Fascism and war through the lens of Bertolt Brecht’s In the Fight Against Injustice Even Weak Weapons Are of Use. The relationship between Brecht’s text and Picasso’s work is clear: Brecht was a…

  • Couch art & Thinking art, or how i learned to stop worrying and love art.

    Disclaimer: These are my personal opinions, and may in fact be wrong, I don’t claim to have any theoretical backup, I am just expressing my particular views on art appreciation. For a long time I believed that for art to be “good” it had to meet certain criteria. Criteria based on my upbringing in a…