Dushko Petrovich, Regionalism, Installation in Parque El Ejido, Quito, Ecuador, 2013 Steve Locke: It’s weird because I knew you before I knew your work. I think it was the Yvonne Rainer/Rob Storr talk at BU. Afterwards, we had a bit of a chat and you told me about PAPER MONUMENT and were sweet enough to send me a few… (read more)
I got into an extended discussion on Facebook today. It mostly came out of the news that former President George W. Bush has been making paintings. For some reason, this was so interesting that a critic as intelligent and insightful as Roberta Smith devoted space in the New York Times to discussion of the works. Among… (read more)
Unless you are in a convention hall somewhere in Miami, you’ve probably heard about the Open Letter/Petition to the NYTimes regarding the articles of one Ken Johnson who writes for the NYTimes. Here are some links to the articles that caused the contention: Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles and The Female Gaze:… (read more)
This post is in response to Ken Johnson’s 25 October review of ‘Now Dig This! Art & Black Los Angeles,’ at MoMA PS1 It was sent via email as a letter to the editor of the New York Times on 27 October 2012. Dear Madam/Sir: I am an artist who lives and works in Boston,… (read more)