Not Ideas About the Thing but the Thing Itself*
Notes on Criticism
…criticism has smacked me against the head with recognition, racked my practice with doubt, saddled my movements with embarrassment, and struck me on the ass with a hot poker of jealousy and desire. Jasper Johns, “The Critic Sees,” 1964, sculpmetal over plaster with glass © Jasper Johns/VAGA, NY, NY. Under Fair Use Guidelines. spacer “If […]
Continue readingToday, we see two types of art museums: the white box – there the building can suck the life out of the art; or the expressionistic form where the complications of the geometry overshadow the art. We are interested in a third way where the spatial energy of the architecture is inspiring, while the primacy […]
Continue reading“…I’m very interested in how sculptural the thing is, and how things that are sculptural affect the environment in which they are seen. It’s light, it’s architecture–these are the things that interest me now.” Siri Berg, “It’s All About Color,” 2011-2013 (9 panels, 20 x 104″), oil on canvas ©Siri Berg. Image courtesy the artist […]
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