Lawton Browning
Lawton Browning
A Russian village where the Revolution went to die
a review of
Chevengur by Andrei Platonov. NYRB 2023 (Originally published 1929)
In his 1920 essay, “Anarchists and Communists,” journalist, engineer and author Andrei Platonov wrote “True Anarchy is the understanding that all power and authority on Earth is unnecessary and harmful, that people do not need to be led.”
Oct 28, 2024 Read the whole text...
Lawton Browning
King Mob, The Motherfuckers & Revolutionary Art
a review of
King Mob: The Negation and Transcendence of Art by David and Stuart Wise. Wise Books, 2024
New York City, 1967. Roaming the streets in debate on the merits of the then-peak vogue art movement, Abstract Expressionism, are Ben Morea, part of a local affinity group, Up Against the Wall Motherfucker, and David Wise and Anne Ryder of the English group of cultural subversives known as King Mob.
Jun 29, 2025 Read the whole text...