The Perpetual Guest: On Warren Niesluchowski The Perpetual Guest: On Warren Niesluchowski
A visit from Warren is a test of hospitality: you don’t take him in, you take him on.
Aug 24, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Many Facets, No Overview: On the Venice Biennale Many Facets, No Overview: On the Venice Biennale
This year's edition of the Venice Biennale sinks under sprawl and overfamiliarity.
Jul 27, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Refutation of the Refutation: On Jeff Wall Refutation of the Refutation: On Jeff Wall
Has success spoiled the photography and the art of Jeff Wall?
Jun 28, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
An Unfinished Tradition: On Édouard Manet An Unfinished Tradition: On Édouard Manet
Édouard Manet has become a popular painter, yet he remains a difficult and unpredictable one.
Jun 1, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Margins of Modernism: A New Historicism in Art Margins of Modernism: A New Historicism in Art
In the paintings of Silke Otto-Knapp and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, there's an unending entanglement, and dialogue, between the present and the past.
May 4, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
‘You’re So Pretty’: On Laurel Nakadate ‘You’re So Pretty’: On Laurel Nakadate
Most of what we think we see in the photos and films of Laurel Nakadate is our own projection.
Apr 6, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Shelf Life: On Poets and Painters Shelf Life: On Poets and Painters
Tibor de Nagy’s Painters & Poets; Bill Berkson’s For the Ordinary Artist; William Corbett’s Albert York.
Mar 23, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Little Resistance to Gravity: On Lynda Benglis and David Hammons Little Resistance to Gravity: On Lynda Benglis and David Hammons
Radiant and obscure, the art of Lynda Benglis and David Hammons has a way of hiding itself.
Mar 10, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Amazement in Reverse: On Martin Creed and Gabriel Orozco Amazement in Reverse: On Martin Creed and Gabriel Orozco
Martin Creed and Gabriel Orozco reduce the artistic gesture to the smallest effective intervention into reality.
Feb 10, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Vanishing Points: Language Poetry Remembered Vanishing Points: Language Poetry Remembered
The Grand Piano is a highbrow Friends—a collective history of the early years of Language poetry.
Jan 12, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky