you have been here sometime

We cannot live by the de-materialization —
or the slick re-materialization —
of the art object alone.

TEXT VIA:
Roberta Smith "Post Minimal to the Max"
an article discussing the current wave of museum
programming sweeping the U.S.

but in regards to interiors,
i think yes!

Bassam Fellows, furniture design

"Instead we’re getting example after example of squeaky-clean, well-made, intellectually decorous takes on that unruly early ’70s mix of Conceptual, Process, Performance, installation and language-based art that is most associated with the label Post-Minimalism."

brick house tumbler. a treasure trove of interiors

"But regardless of what you think about these artists individually, their shows share a visual austerity and coolness of temperature that are dispiritingly one-note. After encountering so many bare walls and open spaces, after examining so many amalgams of photography, altered objects, seductive materials and Conceptual puzzles awaiting deciphering, I started to feel as if it were all part of a big-box chain featuring only one brand.

uppose design office, mind-expanding work.

The goal in organizing museum exhibitions, as in collecting, running a gallery and — to cite the most obvious example — being an artist, should be individuation and difference, finding a voice of your own.

Olson Kundig architects.
form constrains fire. captivated by this detail in this cabin.

Instead we’re getting example after example of squeaky-clean, well-made, intellectually decorous takes on that unruly early ’70s mix of Conceptual, Process, Performance, installation and language-based art that is most associated with the label Post-Minimalism.

Either that or we’re getting exhibitions of the movement’s most revered founding fathers: since 2005, for example, the Whitney has mounted exhibitions of Robert Smithson, Lawrence Weiner, Gordon Matta-Clark and Dan Graham. I liked these shows, but that’s not the point. We cannot live by the de-materialization — or the slick re-materialization — of the art object alone. "





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We cannot live by the de-materialization —
or the slick re-materialization —
of the art object alone.
















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