From "The Aesthetic Splendor of 'The Simpsons'" by Naomi Fry (in The New Yorker).
Friday, March 13, 2020
"When I happen upon almost any image from one of the 'Simpsons' Instagram [accounts that post single frames from the show], I am struck by how absolutely visually gorgeous it is."
"This is, perhaps, especially true when it comes to @scenic_simpsons, with its visions of a violet car, its headlights on, cruising in a darkened parking lot full of silent vehicles; or an abstract thicket of trees, their tops as dense and foreboding as storm clouds; or a digital clock on a bedside table, its face glowing 7:59, next to an orange phone. Though they come to us via our hubbub-filled Instagram feeds, these stand-alone pictures are as quietly stunning as any made by our greatest American artists of alienation and loneliness, from Edward Hopper to Arthur Dove."
From "The Aesthetic Splendor of 'The Simpsons'" by Naomi Fry (in The New Yorker).
From "The Aesthetic Splendor of 'The Simpsons'" by Naomi Fry (in The New Yorker).
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