Writings on art, text, and art and text


the Believer: Peter Neumeyer, Edward Gorey, and their collected correspondence, in Floating Worlds

Looked …

the Rumpus and Critical Mass: Jonathan Lethem’s "The Ecstasy of Influence"

Each day leading up to the …

Art in America: MetaMaus

Took a look at MetaMaus for Art in America:

Pantheon's MetaMaus: A Look Inside …

the Daily Beast: To Be Young Was Very Heaven

"Punk, Springsteen, Patti Smith, and the legends that made …

the Rumpus: "Who Is Ana Mendieta?"

The Feminist Press has put together an extraordinary graphic biography …

Brooklyn Rail: Davis Schneiderman

A short piece this month’s Brooklyn Rail on Davis Schneiderman’s Blank (…

31 Books in 31 Days: "The Best of It"

Each day leading up to the March 10 announcement of the 2010 NBCC …

Popmatters and Bomb Magazine: "Drawings from the Gulag"

Looked at Danzig Baldaev’s  Drawings from the …

Art in America: Charles Burns

Charles Burns just put out the first installment of his new project, X’…

Wall Street Journal: "Jacobs Beach"

Looked at Kevin Mitchell’s investigation of boxing and the mafia …

Los Angeles Times: "Smilin' Ed!"

David Ulin is evidently a big fan as well.  Enjoyed meeting Kim Deitch …

Art in America: Malcolm McLaren

A few months ago, went to a talk by the late Malcolm McLaren at the …

Art in America: Michael Kupperman

Looked at the first volume of Michael Kupperman’s Tales Designed to …

Artforum: Jason Rhoades

One of three reviews I plan to talk about at the NBCC’s 9/11 Revise and Recant …

Art in America: "Do the Math"

John Sims put together an elaborate installation at Bowery Poetry Club.  …

Critical Mass: "Adventures in eReading"

As posted on Critical Mass, the blog of the National Book Critics …

31 Books in 30 Days: "Perfecting Sound Forever"

Each day leading up to the March 11 announcement of the …

Los Angeles Times: "A.D."

Took a look at Josh Neufeld’s “A.D” for the Los Angeles Times:  http://www.…

Art in America: "Infinite Patience"

Haunch of Venison, New York: James Drake; Kunié Sugiura; Stanley …

Debora Warner: "Tomaniac"

Catalogue essay for "An Empty Space"

Essay also titled "Stranger Fruit"

Akira …

Brooklyn Rail: Elka Krajewska

Elka Krajewska BOUND: a projected walkthrough by Elka Krajewska, light …

Brooklyn Rail: Judith Vivell

Judith Vivell

Hoorn-Ashby Gallery November 8 – 26, 2007

As published in …

New York Arts: Holly Lynton

A version of this essay was published in New York Arts Magazine

The big …

Milica Tomic

Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc. 

“Reading Capital & Container”

In a global ecosystem …

Hanne Darboven

Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc. 

“Evolution Leibniz” 

It has been said that the difference …

Pitch Magazine: Melissa Dadourian 

A version of this review appeared in Pitch Magazine

Works by Melissa …

Petra Singh

No two children are alike.  Why should their stuffed animals be any different?

When Petra …

Brooklyn Rail: Spacificity

“What a Great Space You Have…”

Luxe Gallery June 24 – July 29

As published …

Benjamin Cottam

Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc. 

Benjamin Cottam, in his first New York solo show, …

Peter Stauss

Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc. 

"Peter Stauss’s imagery escapes a concrete narrative, …

Will Ryman, redux redux

Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc. 

The theatricality of Ryman’s sculptures (…

Will Ryman, redux

Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc. 

In his second solo show at Klemens Gasser & Tanja …

Bart Domburg

Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc. 

What is it to stand inside and look at the sky through …

TimeOut New YorkRon Gorchov

“Paintings”

Vito Schnabel Gallery

250 Hudson Street at Dominick Street 

May …

Elizabeth Neel

Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc. 

In her first New York solo show, Elizabeth Neel …

Artforum: Francis Palazzolo

03.05.09-04.09.05 The Proposition, New York

When the gods—or media corporations—…

Vitamin PH: Tim Davis

A version of this essay appeared in Vitamin PH: New Perspectives in Photography (…

Gay CityRobert Barry

“The Word Is Concept"

Robert Barry’s innovations can’t easily be articulated, but …

Gay CitySebastian Gross Ossa

“Manifest Destiny’s Insouciant Babes”

Pin-ups, high-velocity ammo, gun-…

Gay CityNicky Nodjoumi

“Private Agenda”

Mike Weiss Gallery

520 W. 24 St.

Tue.-Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Through …

Artforum: Josh Dorman

10.21.04-11.27.04 CUE Art Foundation, New York

That there is often an essential …

Artforum: Jimmy Raskin

10.14.04-11.13.04 Foundation 20 21, New York

In the early '90s, Jimmy Raskin …

Artforum: Lydia Dona

10.08.04-11.06.04 Michael Steinberg Fine Art, New York

In ten medium and large-…

Artforum: Orly Genger

09.09.04-10.09.04 Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York

In recent years, the distinction …

TimeOut New YorkWolfgang Staehle

A version of this review appeared in TimeOut New York

Postmasters Gallery

Gay CitySVA Retrospective

Beginning Here: 101 Ways

Curated by Jerry Saltz

Visual Arts Gallery

601 West …

Ena Swansea

Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc. 

The strip-malls.  The torn-up forests.  Where does …

Gay CityAndy Goldsworthy

"Stone Houses"

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A version of this review was published …

Artforum: Dirk Westphal

07.08.04-08.07.04 Mixed Greens, New York

Dirk Westphal’s C-print panels of tropical …

Artforum: "Band of Abstraction"

07.01.04-08.14.04 van brunt projects, New York

The cramped character …

Gay City and TimeOut New YorkRose Bond

“Gates of Light”

Versions of this review appeared in Gay City …

Gay CityLeemour Pelli

“From the Heart”

A version of this review appeared in Gay City News ("Convenient …

Paper Sky MagazineMiranda Lichtenstein

“An Empty City of the Future: Cyberjaya, Malaysia”

A version …

Gay City and TimeOut New YorkMichelle Segre

Versions of this review appeared in Gay City News and

Gay City and TimeOut New YorkHillary Harkness

Versions of this review appeared in Gay City News and

Gay City and TimeOut New YorkJonathan Meese

Versions of this review appeared in Gay City News and

Brooklyn Rail: Dallam-Dougou

Dallam-Dougou’s New Destiny (Jumbie Records)

As published in the Brooklyn …

Artforum: Jon Kessler

04.24.04-06.05.04 Deitch Projects, New York

A surveillance camera zooms in on …

Will Ryman

Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc. 

The gallery.  Exhibition space itself has largely become …

Artforum: Alfred DeCredico

04.03.04-05.01.04 Mike Weiss Gallery, New York

No, it’s not just another …

Eija-Liisa Ahtila

Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc.

"What would happen if spatial and temporal existence …

Gay City and TimeOut New YorkCarl Ostendarp

Versions of this review appeared in Gay City News and

TimeOut New YorkGideon Bok

A version of this review appeared in TimeOut New York

Plane Space

Despite …

Artforum: Nicole Eisenman

03.12.04-04.10.04 Leo Koenig Inc. | 545 W 23, New York

Four sullen teens, …

Gay City and TimeOut New York: "Drawing Out of The Void"

Versions of this review appeared in Gay City …

Artforum: Joseph Nechvatal

02.21.04-03.27.04 Universal Concepts Unlimited, New York

The process of decay …

Artforum: Yoshihiro Suda

02.21.04-04.03.04 D'Amelio Terras, New York

With their deft placement high …

Brooklyn Rail: Christopher Hitchens

The Anti-Matter of George Orwell

Christopher Hitchens, Why Orwell …

Artforum and Gay City: Marlene McCarty

01.17.04-02.21.04 Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York

John Keats …

TimeOut New YorkBarnaby Furnas

A version of this review appeared in TimeOut New York

"Works on Paper."

Bomb Magazine: Josephine Meckseper

A version of this profile appeared in Bomb Magazine

The candidate’s …

Gay CityJane Benson

"Disguising Patriotism with Desert Hues: A not-so-subtly entitled exhibit jabs …

TimeOut: John McCracken

A version of this review appeared in TimeOut New York

“New Sculpture”

David Zwirner

Gay City and TimeOut: Stephen Ellis at Von Lintel Gallery, New York

Versions of this review appeared …

Brooklyn Rail: Lutz Kleveman

A Game of Risk

As published in the Brooklyn Rail: http://www.brooklynrail.…

Brooklyn Rail: Joseph Coulson

The Rail Recommends…

As published in the Brooklyn Rail: http://www.brooklynrail.…

Artforum: "Urban Baroque"

11.16.03-12.21.03 Plane Space, New York

Guest curator Lisa Ivorian Gray has …

Gay City News: Jonathan Freeman and Michael Phelan

A version of this review appeared in Gay City News

Artforum: Miranda Lichtenstein

10.11.03-11.08.03 Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York

Everyone is familiar …

Artforum and Gay City: Hiroshi Sugimoto

09.20.03-11.01.03 Sonnabend Gallery, New York

In this exhibition …

Artforum: Ingrid Calame

10.04.03-11.01.03 James Cohan Gallery, New York

Ingrid Calame’s abstractions …

Gay CityIlppo Pohjola

"Amorphous Questions of Emotion: Lush fantasy colors and the daily war absent …

Artforum: Jason Rhoades

09.12.03-10.25.03 David Zwirner | 525 & 533 West 19th Street, New York

In the …

Artnet: American Spirituality

American Spirituality

"Half Air," July 8-Aug. 29, 2003, at Marianne Boesky …

Artforum: "Women on Painting"

07.10.03-08.16.03 Cornell Dewitt Gallery, New York

Encompassing six decades …

Artforum: Rachel Harrison, Hirsch Perlman, Dieter Roth, Jack Smith, Rebecca Warren

07.09.03-08.15.03 …

Artnet: Ian Dawson

Plastic Fantastic

Ian Dawson, "Tilt Trucks and Free Fliers," June 26-Aug. 8, 2003, …

Artnet: Duncan Hannah

Gentleman and Dissembler

Duncan Hannah, "New Work," Nov. 7-Dec. 21, 2002, at James …

Artnet: Michel Majerus

Space Invaders

Michel Majerus, "Leuchtland," Sept. 15-Oct. 19, 2002, at Friedrich …

Persona Diary: Pia Dehne

A version of this essay was published in the catalogue (Pia Dehne), “I’m So …

Brooklyn Rail: Paul's Ostiary

Paul's Ostiary

As published in the Brooklyn Rail: http://www.brooklynrail.…

Artnet: Ann Craven

Birds & Beasts

Ann Craven, Sept. 4-Oct. 5, 2002, at Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, …

VH1: Cool An' Speckless

A version of this essay was published in 100 GREATEST ALBUMS, edited by Jacob …