Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Goodbye John Updike

I've never read anything by John Updike, but there was something comfortable in knowing he existed. Very few writers or artists can equal or create the same feeling as those who have recently passed ie Updike, Wyeth, Newman, Rauschenburg... who will be their replacement, I haven't seen them yet, perhaps they're still in their infancy?

4 comments:

Jennifer MacNeill said...

Oh, how sad. He has a great book on art called "Just Looking". What an American treasure.

annechovie said...

cute illustration! Thanks for the nice comments and the link, Jamie!

Anonymous said...

It is odd, isn't it? I've never read any of his work either, but it makes me feel so uncertain of what the cultural landscape of the world will look like as we age--I know just what you mean by 'who will take his place'.

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