Monday, November 24, 2008
the new yorker on n.o. and p.1
Peter Schjeldahl comments that New Orleans is to other cities like a poem is to prose in this satisfying New Yorker article about the biennial. I don't find Mark Bradford's ark "consoling," as he does; for me, it's a downright fortress, and my place in the accompanying scenario is pretty obvious: I'm not one of the chosen onboard. Schjeldahl does give Victor Harris's work its proper due, as something way above and beyond "art."
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How do you know you're not invited onboard? He seemed like a pretty nice guy.
it's not a comment on the artist - it's about the sculpture. it's huge and fortresslike, with one open panel. my initial subjective response is that it feels like it's made to keep people out, instead of getting them in, which does reflect a large part of peoples' storm experiences - who could leave and who couldn't, etc.
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