Dubious Icons: Godheads, Messiahs, and the Artist as Celebrity
Perhaps it’s an unfair caricature of MFA students, that each appears to inhabit their own personalized reality TV show. Perhaps. But having been one…
Read MorePerhaps it’s an unfair caricature of MFA students, that each appears to inhabit their own personalized reality TV show. Perhaps. But having been one…
Read MoreYellow’s a strange cornstarch slurry of a word, one that quickly gets thick on the tongue and loses all meaning. Its symbolism oscillates wildly,…
Read MorePeople ask me from time to time where I got my interest in music, in musical objects and records, and why I refer to…
Read MoreThe degree to which contemporary culture understands (or fails to understand) “The Art World” can be measured in how it gets portrayed in film…
Read MoreA dense black explosion looms, static in the museum’s center. Nuclear Fungus (2007), by Argentinean artist León Ferrari, sculpturally simulates the smoke caused by…
Read MoreHow much art can the human mind realistically absorb from a mega-exhibition? I’m not talking about superstar retrospectives or major surveys – mainstays of…
Read MoreOver the past year, I’ve had considerable difficulty maintaining my faith in art. In the short version of this introduction to an interview, I…
Read MoreThe impulse to grieve publicly is a measure of our turbulent times. We know, lately, the need to share a collective sadness. However, before…
Read MoreType “Ed Atkins” into Google, and you’ll shortly come face to face with an asshole: not the artist himself – though his smiling visage…
Read MoreThe artist residency has risen to the top of the artworld’s global economy and increasing professionalization, becoming one of the key features of contemporary…
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