http://blog.art21.org/2012/06/15/gastro-vision-absinthe-and-the-art-world/ The Official Blog of Art21, Inc. and the <i>Art in the Twenty-First Century</i> PBS series Fri, 17 May 2013 17:30:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.art21.org/2012/06/15/gastro-vision-absinthe-and-the-art-world/comment-page-1/#comment-45825 Wednesday links | Tyler Green: Modern Art Notes | ARTINFO.com Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:42:41 +0000 http://blog.art21.org/?p=64934#comment-45825 [...] From Nicole Caruth, absinthe and the art world! [...]

]]> http://blog.art21.org/2012/06/15/gastro-vision-absinthe-and-the-art-world/comment-page-1/#comment-45783 Absinthe and the Art World | Nicole J Caruth Sat, 16 Jun 2012 12:04:13 +0000 http://blog.art21.org/?p=64934#comment-45783 [...] Tales of absinthe-era France will often cite Degas’ L’Absinthe (1876) to illustrate the drink’s supposed psychological effects and Manet’s A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (1882) as portrayal of Paris nightlife where the drink flourished. But mainstream art history will seldom (if ever) show us how absinthe spread from France to its colonies, namely the island of Martinique in the French Antilles. Though better known for its rums, absinthe has been produced in Martinique since the 1800s and continues to be part of the culture. Artist Marc Latamie brings this to light in a lovely solo exhibition now up at The Americas Society. Continue reading >> [...]

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