Fauxbrow (pronounced fo-brow) is a term amalgamated from the newbrow art movement of today and the fauve
painting movement of one hundred years ago. Both movements have in common a forward-looking idealism
and a tendency toward revolutionary style. Both movements have at their center a respect for nature
and a distrust for the prevailing trends of crass commercialism.
Fauxbrow is inspired by an endless barrage of miraculous phenomenon, including:
- the independent spirit and experimental theatricality
of Orson Welles ca. 1930s-40s, Lenny Bruce ca. 1960s, Lester Bangs ca. 1970s.
- the pure playfulness and ingenious musicality of Ted Geisel
- the expansive social concern and incisive wit of Allen Ginsberg ca. 1955
- the delivery of Ted Abernathy's sinkerball ca. 1970s
- an Emersonian regard for transcendant nature
- the feeling of boundless dream energy propagated by Emily Dickinson, Rod Serling, Jackson Pollock
- the irreverence, wit and original flair of British TV ca. 1960s - Secret Agent, The Avengers, Monty Python
- Charles Beaudelaire, Herman Hesse, Ambrose Bierce, Fred Nietzsche, Richard Dyer-Bennet, Pablo Neruda, the timeless western shamanism of Bukowski & Bob Dylan
Be forewarned if you choose to continue, the choice to continue is YOURS.
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Neruda, Bangs, Dickinson and Geisel
