This will be more of an update than anything of substance, but I'm hoping to start writing regularly again.
I haven't finished it yet, but Martha Rosler's book Culture Class is my favorite read of the year. I think its an important book for artists to read to be able to communicate about where artists belong in society. One aspect of Rosler's writing is to criticize Richard Florida's concept of the creative class, which is sorely needed as I see artists posting articles and interviews by Florida as evidence that artists belong in the social structure of a community because they make a community more prosperous and economically successful. This type of argument is problematic on a number of levels in which I'll address in future posts, but I highly recommend reading the book when you can.
I plan to address the ideas of zombie formalism and other recent critiques of contemporary abstract painting. I think it is valid to be critical of this type of painting, but often feel like the critiques are incredibly limited to painting within a six block radius in Chelsea, avoiding a number of great abstract painters outside of that area. It won't be surprising to anyone, even artists who live across the river in New Jersey, that New York can tend towards narrow parameters of art, but I think this is worth flushing out soon.
I hope you all enjoy the end of the year and the start of the new! I'll leave you with a studio view:
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