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Another dozen good pieces on artists from Richard Serra to Robert Mapplethorpe

Posted on April 24, 2024 | Comments Off on Another dozen good pieces on artists from Richard Serra to Robert Mapplethorpe


Here’s 12 good pieces on artists that capture a range of feeling, from sadness to gladness and more.

Sadness: the great Richard Serra passed away recently. So too did Patti Astor, head of the Fun Gallery in the 80s. Her obit is here. Deeply sad is this sobering piece on art being made in  Ukraine during the current war.

Badness: The Tate continues to struggle with racist elements in a famous Whistler mural. This story talks about how they brought in artist Keith Piper to help with that. You be the judge of all that.

Also bad: a story of how Jeff Koons squashed a review he didn’t like. Bad in his own way and so very Damien Hirst:  Hirst shark that sold for about 8m is fourth 2017 work dated to 1990s here. Not bad, but controversial is Gerhard Richter’s most divisive work returning. to Auschwitz.

Gladness: things that made me glad are these prints by Lucy Cooper. These great photos by my friend Jared Bramblett, seen here also fill me with gladness. Also great is this story of David Hampton, an 98 year old artist who think making art keeps you alive. He makes a good case.

Longing: Written during the pandemic, this piece on Jason Polan as a flaneur was worth revisiting…there’s so much longing in that piece. (Image above from that piece.)

Boadciousness: not my word, but I think it applies in this piece on ex-Vogue editor Edward Enninful and his thoughts on  Robert Mapplethorpe.

 

 

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Jeff Koons is going to the moon! Also Katz, Bacon, Guston and Taueber-Arp

Posted on September 4, 2022 | Comments Off on Jeff Koons is going to the moon! Also Katz, Bacon, Guston and Taueber-Arp

Jeff Koons is going to the Moon, according to the NYTimes. Which knowing Koons, is not that surprising. He’s doing more things that are fascinating as well. Read that Times piece for all the details.

I love this work by  George Shaw. They make me think of Christopher Pratt in some ways. Worth a look. Also worth a look are the  Visual Diaries of Pep Carro.  Fascinating.

Here’s two good pieces on Sophie Taeuber-Arp. One is from the perspective of a reviewer and one from the perspective of a viewer. In both cases, they are raising the question of why did the curators not bring forth the African and other influences that infuse her work? I was unaware of that, and I think anyone who loves the work of ST-A would benefit from knowing that.

Here’s a good piece on “The Brilliantly Nightmarish Art & Troubled Life” of Painter Francis Bacon. I put quotes around that because I felt that was over the top. But yes.

This, on Alex Katz is good. I find it hard to believe anyone thinks he is anything other than great, but there are such people. And such people inspire him in an interesting way.

A good critique on curators who would put blinders on gallery visitors witnessing the later work of Philip Guston.

You may not know this artist, but I love his work: Pavement Picasso…on the trail of London’s chewing gum artist.

On the lost work of gay artists of the AIDS era. Sad but worthwhile.

Flaming heck! Damien Hirst is setting his art on fire. A public service, no doubt.

Finally, the Rosalind Hobley Flower Cyanotypes are gorgeous (see below). See Collosal for more.

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On Jeff Koons


Two worthwhile pieces on Jeff Koons: this Stop Hating Jeff Koons – The New York Times, and in a way, this.

I used to have great disdain for Koons, but the more I think about his work, the better appreciation I have for it. There is a ceiling to that appreciation: the emptiness of it imposes that. But Koons and his work gets me to think about art and the art world and the meaning of art and culture, and for that his work appeals to me.

However you think about him, those pieces are worth reading.

(Image via link to the NYTimes.com piece)

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