I’ll wager that no one reading this essay knows (or perhaps wants to know) the author of the ridiculous sentence in its title. Since the publication of Roland Barthes’s “Death of the Author” 40 years ago, many readers have acquired a seasoned skepticism about the authority and dependability of the authorial voice.
Christof Migone
Toronto A group of white cubes embedded in the…see the full review in April’s magazine.
Creighton Michael and the Origins of Marking
Throughout the history of art—no matter what period of time or in what part of the world—artists have placed considerable emphasis on their ability to draw. Drawing functions as a tool, a primary attribute for making art.
Richard Sudden
Atlanta Daughter of earth and sky, Mnemosyne assured…see the full review in April’s magazine.
Lyndal Osborne
Oshawa, Ontario LyndaI Osborne’s touring exhibition “Ornamenta” features…see the full review in April’s magazine.
Chicago: Sculpture Town
Carl Sandburg’s “city of the big shoulders” has established itself as a city of big art, and it maintains a passionate, occasionally contentious, and fondly attentive relationship with its sculpture. In 1967, Chicago dedicated one of the first—if not the first—contemporary, monumental, non-memorial public sculptures in the United States in its city hall plaza, a
Gregory Gómez
Boston Is wall sculpture sculpture? lt fails the test of…see the full review in April’s magazine.
Ross Knight: Sculptural Moments
Ross Knight came to New York City in 1989 after completing an undergraduate degree at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. He had been accepted at Cal Arts and was ready to go, but he had also gotten into the studio program at P.S.1.
Claire Lieberman
New York and Newark, New Jersey Claire Lieberman’s work is a perfect example of…see the full review in April’s magazine.
Glenn Kaino
Pittsburgh A theatrical absurdity pervaded “Transformer: The Work…see the full review in April’s magazine.