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Repository 133: Art is Alive | Spot Report from NYC
I’ve just returned from a 4-day art soak in NYC – it was perfect and productive, and my consensus is that art is alive. While I would say that art seems most alive in the most venerable art institution, and some of the contemporary art galleries in Chelsea and the Bowery. There was a load of “meh” – especially in the major contemporary art “institutions”. Overall though, it felt more promising than other visits. Art is in transition: that is…
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Repository 30: Artists are Free as a Bird
Artists talk a lot about freedom. So, recalling the expression “free as a bird,” Morton Feldman went to a park one day and spent some time watching our feathered friends. When he came back, he said, “You know? They’re not free: they’re fighting over bits of food.” – Story no. 41 from Indeterminacy, John Cage Image of Annette Messager’s piece, “Le Repos des Pensionnaires” (Borders at Rest), 1971-72, taxidermy sparrows with knit clothes
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