J.R. Patterson | The Smart Set https://www.thesmartset.com A magazine of arts & culture from Drexel University Fri, 23 Feb 2024 20:41:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 True at First Flight https://www.thesmartset.com/true-at-first-flight/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=true-at-first-flight https://www.thesmartset.com/true-at-first-flight/#respond Thu, 09 Nov 2023 12:30:00 +0000 https://www.thesmartset.com/?p=62064 The omission of airplanes in much artwork is understandable. It’s not a question of talent, but of choice and visibility. When used in art, the most visible kind of planes — those used for war and commercial purposes — signal the glorification of aviation’s base functions — to kill and to carry. There is no […]

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