Giorgio Griffa’s 1990s Paintings Possess a Nervous Energy—Much Like the Decade Itself
Griffa's 1990s paintings hint at something not necessarily good that is yet to come.
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An Exhibition of Works on Paper Shows the Power of an Old-Fashioned Medium
Making art out of fragile, resilient paper in some sense means making art about fragility and resilience.
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A Show of Japanese “Expanded” Cinema Neglects to Include the Works’ Expansive Parts
Originally, the works incorporated live soundtracks or performances and were shown in places like the Tokyo disco Killer Joe's.
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Sam McKinniss’s Child Star Portraits Mine the Culture of the 1990s
Lindsay Lohan appeared three times.
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Jutta Koether’s Paintings Are Clever and Achingly Cool—But Can They Do More?
The paintings in Jutta Koether's recent exhibition at Lévy Gorvy were cooler than you, quicker than you, smarter than you, better read than you, and not afraid to let you know.
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In Tender, Dignifying Portraits, Photographer Robert Giard Insisted That Gay and Lesbian Culture Was Worthy of Documentation
Self-taught photographer Robert Giard is best remembered today for his distinctive black-and-white series depicting gay and lesbian writers, which he began in the summer of 1985, after seeing two…
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Why Is Donald Judd Considered a Sculptor?
When I visited the Museum of Modern Art in early March, that space had been transformed: there was a neat display of boxy pine furniture and carefully arranged books with monochrome covers. This was…
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Cheeto Face Masks and Chocolate Chip Soap: Ilana Harris-Babou’s New Work Parodies Beauty and Wellness Culture
Ilana Harris-Babou's videos typically lampoon aspirational lifestyle trends associated with privileged consumer demographics that betray histories of racial oppression. For "Decision Fatigue," her…
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Kevin Jerome Everson’s Timely Films Explore the Skills Involved in “Unskilled” Labor
The recent showing of Kevin Jerome Everson's work at Andrew Kreps coincided perfectly with the revival of a national conversation involving the clumsy euphemisms of labor—"essential" versus…
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“Gerhard Richter: Painting After All” Foregrounded a Question at the Heart of Richter’s Practice: “Why Paint?”
The first thing I encountered in "Gerhard Richter: Painting After All" was not in fact a painting, but my own reflection, or something like it: a blurred form thrown back at me by 11 Panes (2004), a…
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