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
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Nadja Rottner, Object Lessons: On Claes Oldenburg
Nadja Rottner, Object Lessons 2/21/20 Thoughts Warning: Many quotes that follow. (173) Softness could mean both a flowing together and flowing apart of definitions.1 —Claes Oldenburg I want my work, my language to be as light as words and as changeable.2 —Claes Oldenburg (176) As Rosalind Krauss has shown, Oldenburg’s soft sculptures share much with… Continue reading Nadja Rottner, Object Lessons: On Claes Oldenburg