representation as abstraction. composition as symbolism. beautiful beautiful work.

i'm always a little cynical when it come to video art but this is a masterpiece

really nice work

quoted: In this rather undifferentiated morass of feints at video, photography, sculpture and above all earnestly political, identity-based Conceptual Art, the paintings spring out like little oases of personal thought, concentration and effort. Some nonpainting efforts come into focus with time, but the first impression is a telling lesson in why painting doesn’t die; it is at the very least a good way for young artists to grasp the kind of density of expression that any art medium requires. (It helps to remember that most of the first generation Conceptualists were educated and began their careers as painters.)...Perhaps an overfamiliarity with Conceptual Art and especially the theories it inspired can leave young artists with no sense of how to make an artwork that holds together as an experience. You can sense the lack of connection to either materials or self in their statements, which appear on the wall labels beside the work.

Quoted: Imageless; the scientific study and experimental treatment of an Ad Reinhardt Black Painting. It should interest anyone who is fascinated by Ad Reinhardt’s late, reductive works with their velvety qualities as well as painters, collectors and others with a serious interest in surface effects of paint.

super nice!

Quoted: After Erased de Kooning Drawing, Rauschenberg would never again put something so neat and tidy out into the world—and the physical process of the erasure was far from simple.

sadness...

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Quoted: Marclay discusses his interest in unwanted sound, his use of turntables, early examples of his art and more recent pieces too.

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