Chris Kraus
CHRIS KRAUS
January 2011
CHRIS KRAUS FOR PAUL THEK, painting was a both a vocation and a discipline. “We must discover WHY we are really painting, really WHY . . . painters are priests . . . IT IS A GLORIOUS JOB + WE . . . TRY ALWAYS HARDER + ALWAYS WE KNOW IT… READ ON
IN PRINT January 2011 [TOC]
Dino Dinco and Julio Torres
December 2010
“Todos Somos Putos” (We Are All Faggots), an exhibition created by Los Angeles–based Dino Dinco and Mexicali artist Julio Torres, was, as its title suggests, an argument for the persistence of nonassimilated queer culture on both sides… READ ON
IN PRINT December 2010 [TOC]
Emi Fontana
Emi Fontana talks about West of Rome
August 2010
Influenced by the Italian student movement of the 1970s during her childhood in Rome, dealer turned curator Emi Fontana recently closed her Milan gallery to found West of Rome, an organization whose events are redefining public art in Los … READ ON
500 WORDS
Candice Breitz
December 2009
Candice Breitz’s first North American survey, “Same Same,” debuted the initial three installments of “Factum,” 2009–, a series of intimate, understated video installations that mark a departure from her trademark engagement with… READ ON
IN PRINT December 2009 [TOC]
Lisa Kirk
May 2009
Inspired by the theatricality of street and media activism, Lisa Kirk’s projects—or, as she sometimes calls them, “social occasions”—are marked by a winning combination of wit, nerve, charm, and aggression. For “The Greatest Show… READ ON
IN PRINT May 2009 [TOC]
Pauline Stella Sanchez
January 2009
Dedicated to “those with no face and no voice,” Pauline Stella Sanchez’s exhibition at Rosamund Felsen Gallery concluded a trilogy of mixed-media shows, begun in 2001, in which the artist engaged with tropes culled from art history, … READ ON
IN PRINT January 2009 [TOC]
Suck
MAY ’68
May 2008
PERHAPS THE GREATEST promise of May ’68 arose with an eruption of spontaneity that, as it interrupted the dreary process of national politics, suggested it might indeed be possible to live differently. But could this difference arise over… READ ON
IN PRINT May 2008 [TOC]
THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
BOOKS
December 2006
CLAIRE BISHOP A black stain spreads across the northern hemisphere, stretching from Poland and Croatia to the Far East and dwarfing Europe and North America. This is the vast territory encompassed by East Art Map: Contemporary Art and … READ ON