Mar
11
Barbara Kruger: A Room With a View
March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment
by Peter Zimmerman
The act of looking at art is usually a fairly peaceful exercise. Rarely is it the sort of mental anguish that has been espoused by often-fanatical art historians of the early 20th Century who believed that disharmonious paintings could provide the catalyst for disease, insanity, or physical harm (abortions, etc). In the 21st [...]
Jan
9
Looking Forward and Back: Exhibitions in 2009 and 2008
January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment
2009 Upcoming Exhibitions:
Sherrie Levine, New Work 2009
Simon Lee Gallery
June 2009
The Pictures Generation, 1974-1984
(Cindy Sherman, Sherrie Levine)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY
April 12 – August 2, 2009
2008 Previous Exhibitions:
Cindy Sherman, New Work
Metro Pictures Gallery, New York, NY
November 15 – December 23, 2008
Review: The New Yorker, Vince Aletti
Review: Village Voice
Review: New York Magazine, Jerry [...]
Sep
22
Theme: The 20th Century American Art Photographic Canon
September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment
- Peter Zimmerman
Sherrie Levine’s photography of the late 1970s/early 1980s focuses on the cultural impact of authenticity, the esteem placed on the unique nature of authorship and the technical mode of production implicit in the photographic medium. However, within these larger and more broad discussions are slightly more nuanced attacks on the status quo of [...]