Maxine Hong Kingston – The Woman Warrior

Maxine Hong Kingston. The Woman Warrior. Random House: New York: Random House, Inc.; Toronto: Random House of Canada Limited, 1976. 8/8/20 – 8/18/20. Transcribed 8/20/20 Imagining all the people her aunt could have been, a disappeared figure. Cut out. Told with a folklorish certainty. Matter-of-fact-ness. Interesting that the chapter literally about a woman warrior is… Continue reading Maxine Hong Kingston – The Woman Warrior

Greg Allen, “The Dark Side of Success”: On Dan Flavin

Allen, Greg. “The Dark Side of Success.” The New York Times. January 2, 2005. https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/02/arts/design/the-dark-side-of-success.html   Rejected handmade virtuosity of abstract expressionism Chose mass-produced, off-the-shelf hardware specifically for its anonymity and industrial aesthetic; could be easily replaced: unsentimental Chose fluorescents because of their ephemerality 1982 (locate): “I believe in temporary art wholeheartedly.” Called his works… Continue reading Greg Allen, “The Dark Side of Success”: On Dan Flavin