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Repository 83: Refusal, the Political and Anti-Participation in Art
“Art is not beauty or novelty; art is effectiveness and disruption.” – León Ferrari A political system is all about the framework and defined methods of control. Political artists are all about breaking out of this control. By definition they are anti-system, anti-method, anti-participation, and in a word bold. I’ve always admired the urgency of some truly political artists, whose work demands attention given their personal history with a given politic that they are anxious to break down. One of…
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Repository 62: Domestic Interventions: Art and Artists Occupy Homes
Image of Anna Maria Maiolino’s, “Here and Now” installation at Documenta 13, photo by Catherine Haley Epstein. I’ve always loved artist homes and studios that have been open to the public under the guise of museum – they are always more intimate than the massive halls and collections of the “official” museums, and the tremor of the everyday (bathrooms! kitchens!) sit tightly with the art, the strokes of genius, and the important gestures made by previous residents. My first experience…
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