In which we take the Love & Rockets virtuoso to the Museum of Modern Art.
Originally published April 20, 2010
So. I read the thing. And it hurt, man. It really hurt. I was dying to find something positive to say, and there was nothing.
Originally published September 9, 2009
This show offers is an example of a different mode of art-making, where a “career” might be imagined as something other than one forged in a gallery or institutional setting.
August 25, 2009
In 1987 Greg Tate, Guy Trebay, and Stanley Crouch argued over the meaning of the face in Michael Jackson’s mirror
June 26, 2009
“We reached Cooper Square, and as Ginsberg turned to head toward home, he waved and yelled, ‘Defend the fairies!’”
Originally published July 3, 1969
While it’s mostly other painters, insightful curators, and savvy gallery-goers who know Polke, everybody has been touched by Harvey Kurtzman even if they’ve never read his signature creation, MAD magazine
June 10, 2009
There's little doubt that had he not died in 1987, Andy would nowadays be dutifully pecking away on a Macintosh keyboard.
January 14, 2009
His images feel solid yet evanescent, the painting equivalent of that ineffable boundary between body and soul.
October 8, 2008