The KunstlerCast is a weekly audio program about the tragic comedy of suburban sprawl.

Featuring: James Howard Kunstler, author of The Geography of Nowhere, The Long Emergency and other books.

Duncan Crary, host/producer, speaks with Kunstler weekly about the failure of suburbia and the inevitable end of this living arrangement with no future.

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I believe a lot of people share my feelings about the tragic landscape of highway strips, parking lots, housing tracts, mega-malls, junked cities, and ravaged countryside that makes up the everyday environment where most Americans live and work.

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Current Episode:

KunstlerCast #70: Commercial and Corporate Art in Public

Art & the Human Form in Our Modern Streetscape

Released: June 25, 2009.

James Howard Kunstler takes a look at various types of public artwork on display in Troy NY, a small American city. Kunstler notes that many public murals in America attempt to put a human face in places where people are noticeably absent. He notices that 20th century commercial advertisements painted on building exteriors exhibit more skill than most 21st century "art." He analyzes a painted steel, corporate sculpture that adorns the public face of glass box corporate building. He also discusses the role that formal statues play in adorning public squares.

Direct Download:
KunstlerCast_70.mp3
(23 MB | 24:35 mins.)

Photographs Discussed on this Episode

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"Charlie Chaplin", Up Your Alley, Troy, NY

"Marilyn Monroe", Up Your Alley, Troy NY.

20th Century Commercial Ad, Troy NY

Corporate Art, Troy, NY

Vietnam Memorial, Troy, NY

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