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
The Upside of Censorship The Upside of Censorship
Sometimes the censor is art’s best friend.
Feb 17, 2011 / Books & the Arts / JoAnn Wypijewski
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
The Return of the Culture Wars The Return of the Culture Wars
As before, hypocrites are lining their coffers by pandering to ignorance and xenophobia.
Jan 27, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Doug Harvey
Shelf Life: On Philip Guston, Carolee Scheemann and Ilya Kabakov Shelf Life: On Philip Guston, Carolee Scheemann and Ilya Kabakov
The truly consequential choices an artist makes are never experienced as choice but as necessity.
Dec 22, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Options Open: On Kurt Schwitters and Blinky Palermo Options Open: On Kurt Schwitters and Blinky Palermo
Kurt Schwitters and Blinky Palermo made art that was deliberately elusive, that does not want to be pinned down.
Dec 16, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
No Images of Man: On Nancy Spero No Images of Man: On Nancy Spero
Nancy Spero began using only the female figure in her paintings to push back the limits of her world.
Nov 10, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Old Vagabond: Paul Gauguin at Tate Modern Old Vagabond: Paul Gauguin at Tate Modern
In his paintings and travels, Paul Gauguin sought a corner of himself that was still unknown.
Oct 13, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Good-Enough Objects: On Craft Good-Enough Objects: On Craft
How did craft become a calling that dare not speak its name?
Sep 22, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
An Art of Time An Art of Time
Rafael Ferrer and Christian Marclay prize an aesthetic of spontaneous responsiveness irrespective of subject.
Aug 25, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky