One would think answering a question as simple as “what does contemporary mean” could be answered in a few words. It is now, it is of the moment, it is the zeitgeist. Right? Well, sort of. Some, like Claire Bishop,Read more…
On Being Within and Without
Adolescence is marked with the seeking of identity. There is a simultaneous desire for an identity that is collective and individual. Of course if one lives in America, the sense of individualism is drilled in early, yet everyone seeks toRead more…
Black & White: from Moonlight to Martin
Reviews are the oddest things. It boggles the mind that “Black Power,” a Hilton Als review of the film Moonlight, and “Agnes Martin, a Matter-of-Fact Mystic” by New Yorker art critic Peter Schjeldahl are approximately the same length, in the sameRead more…