A corner is the intersection of different lines or edges, a place wherein one is both trapped and radically free to chose among different directions. Kazimir Malevich hung his Suprematist manifesto Black Square (1915) in the corner of the gallery,…
Browsing: Volume 2 : Issue #19
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Cornered Pictures: Laurie Simmons’s “Kigurumi, Dollers, and How We See” at Salon 94 Bowery
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The 2014 Whitney Biennial
The last Biennial to be held at Marcel Breuer’s grey granite bunker on Madison Avenue, before the Whitney moves to a new building on the Highline, boasts a collaborative team of curators. Stuart Comer is Chief Curator of Media and…
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A Pretty Death: Lusting For Ruins Then and Now
On March 4, 2014, Ruin Lust opened at the Tate Britain. The show hosts a parade of famous artists from throughout the canon of art history who used scenes of architectural decay and environmental abandonment as central motifs in their…
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“El Anatsui: New Worlds” at the Mount Holyoke College Museum of Art
El Anatsui’s works are constructed from reclaimed liquor bottle caps and bands that are flattened and joined with copper wire. The stitched aluminum creates massive sheets that bend and fold over the gallery walls, hovering between painting and sculpture. The…