Post-Spiritual Abstraction
No longer viewed as purely formal, abstraction has now entered the arena of social, political, and religious issues.
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Nancy Princenthal
Nancy Spero Depicted Sexual Violence in an Era When the Subject Was Unspeakable
In her new book Unspeakable Acts: Women, Art, and Sexual Violence in the 1970s, out this week from Thames & Hudson, A.i.A.contributing editor Nancy Princenthal explores the ways in which formal…
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How Suzanne Lacy’s Feminist Work About Sexual Assault in the 1970s Created a New Art Form
A series of performances got people talking about a topic that had been considered taboo—and paved the way forward for artists.
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Reviewing Pat Hearn Gallery
Throughout the 1980s and '90s, Pat Hearn operated one of the most innovative galleries in New York, promoting artists such as George Condo and Tishan Hsu to Mary Heilmann and Renée Green. Highlights…
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Nancy Princenthal on David Wojnarowicz
"Wojnarowicz was so savagely honest about where he came from and making it part of his work, which is full of passion and rage but still has this amazingly lyrical touch."
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The Indiscreet Charm of Fischli and Weiss
“How to Work Better” at the Guggenheim Museum, New York, surveys three decades of collaboration by Swiss artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss, whose sculptures, photos and videos deftly combine absur…
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Off the Grid: A New Agnes Martin Biography Explores the Reclusive Artist’s Life
John Ashbery once described Agnes Martin’s watercolors as “almost distressingly powerful.” The same could be said about Nancy Princenthal’s new biography of Martin. Princenthal’s style in Agnes…
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High Style, Clear Form, Sharp Edge
As sculptor, performance artist, editor and writer, Scott Burton had a memorable impact on both the art of his day and the critical thrust of A.i.A.
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