Administered Occupation: Art and Politics at the 7th Berlin Biennale
In one of his best-known videos, the artist Artur Zmijewski is seen trying to persuade a former Nazi concentration camp prisoner to “renew” the number tattooed on the man’s forearm. In another film, Berek, naked adults play a game of … READ MORE
Shaping the Glass
Life is not an idea, but ideas are part of life. Thinking is the only way out of our enmities and miseries. Vision—seeing better and more freshly, with less habit and personal bias—awakens us to life. The point of waking … READ MORE
Shame: The One That Got Away
Five gravestones—a family named Wilmott—are mounted side by side facing east in a cemetery south of London.[1] Acid rain has eroded the words. Lichens, like Van Gogh blooms in orange and yellow, cling to the mauve stone. I try to … READ MORE
We Are Pop People
Hal Foster. The First Pop Age: Painting and Subjectivity in the Art of Hamilton, Lichtenstein, Warhol, Richter, and Ruscha. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012. 338 pp., 77 color ill., 80 b/w. $29.95 Anyone seeking a crisp argument for the importance … READ MORE
