In a recent review blasting the New Museum's text-heavy international survey "The Ungovernables," Jerry Saltz adds a parenthetical note to curators:
Just once, please, I wish someone would take a stand and say, "I don't like painting," then not include any in his or her show. One token painter is worse than none.Or, better yet, we wonder, why not add a second (and third and fourth) painter so that painting is a bigger part of the mix? But Saltz is right--some curators clearly prefer reading to looking.
Pilvi Takala, The Trainee, 2008, in “The Ungovernables,” New Museum, New York. Yawn.
A painter in The Ungovernables @ New Museum: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
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2 comments:
Saltz says a lot of the artists are pretty successful and well known on the international circuit. So I guess the art world is still regioanl --just go to the galleries in Bushwick to find it.
I for one love paintings...but I would prefer to see a mix or balance of mediums...makes browsing much more fun and interesting! :)
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