C: International Contemporary Art articles from March 2003

C: International Contemporary Art archives from March 2003

The evidence.
March 22, 2003... The Enlightenment supposed that there was a closed, perfect pattern of life... and of art, and of feeling and of thought. which was correct, which was right, which was true and objective and could be taught to people if only we knew enough....

Beyond overcoming: notes on abstract painting.
March 22, 2003... At the beginning of any inquiry is the question of power. Who holds it? Who does not? Jonathan Lasker: The life of the artist is one of playing games and those games should be meaningful, and it should always be possible that someone can...

Lessness.
March 22, 2003... FLATNESS Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? The Book of Job. So he leads me, far from the sight of God, panting and broken by fatigue, to the middle of the plains of Boredom, profound and empty. Charles Baudelaire, Destruction. An...

Buzzes ... others inside out.(Cover Story)
March 22, 2003... What a nice job, actually, to write on Rodney Graham. Even better, to do a little portrait characterizing the artist and his work, along with an emphasis on his music. Sounds like: yes sure, easy going. But this time, I have to admit, the...

Some assembly required.
March 22, 2003... In the spring of 1990 Ray Johnson visited my house in Port Washington, New York. By then, he had been living in nearby Locust Valley for twenty-two years in self-imposed exile from New York City. He left shortly after Andy Warhol was shot,...

Visit to Nutsy's: Randy Gladman to Tom Sach's studio.
March 22, 2003... Nutsy is the bank, the government and church Nutsy is your boss, landlord and the company store Nutsy is the one that is blamed when goals are not fulfilled Nutsy is the one who is blamed when dreams are left unfinished Nutsy...

Keeping fluid in a common place: Karen Henderson's Gallery Cameras.
March 22, 2003... To narrate is to assert importance. I learned that from art theorist Norman Bryson. In 1990 he wrote an essay called "Rhopography" (from rhopos--trivial objects, small wares, trifles). It is part of a book titled Looking at the Overlooked: Four...

Ihor Holubizky & Jon Tupper on Asia Pacific Triennial.
March 22, 2003... In reviewing the first Asia Pacific Triennial (Sydney Morning Herald, 25 September 1993), Felicity Fenner concluded, "Overall the exhibition represented a major breakthrough in Australia's hitherto patchy relationship with Asian-Pacific art,...

The art of noise: Merzbow.
March 22, 2003... Thirty years ago Masami Akita began to experiment with sound. He came from the realms of psychedelia and freeform jazz, eventually abandoning all forms of conventional instrumentation. He called his project Merzbow after the German collage...