Our History in the Present Tense
There are two shows in Minneapolis that share a familiar photographic theme. From W.P.A. era photographers roaming the country to Nan Goldin‘s efforts to record her friends and loved ones, these...
View ArticleState of Independence
It’s the end of an era here in Los Angeles: the era of Clara. August 1, 2011, marks the day that Clara Kim, the outgoing gallery director and curator of Los Angeles’s REDCAT, officially begins her new...
View ArticleJim Hodges: Give More Than You Take at the Walker Art Center
“I love sculpture. Fundamentally, though, I am a ‘drawer.’ But I love spatial relationships and dimensionality. I’m interested in theatrical moments and choreographing experiences in space. I think as...
View ArticleSummer Reading – Has the Internet Changed Art Criticism? On Service Criticism...
Today we continue our Summer Reading series with a provocative essay on “service criticism” by author Orit Gat. She offers, “It may be discouraging to close on an optimistic note that basically means,...
View ArticleHashtags: The Impossible Dream
#utopia #nostalgia #technology #street art #counterculture Technology and utopia are united in a certain subset of counterculture in Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia at the Walker Art Center....
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