abstract critical: Notes

Art as Language or Art as Trope

A recent discussion on abstract critical prompts me to go on a bit about abstraction and the uses of literary theory, for the pleasure of …

A recent discussion on abstract critical prompts me to go on a bit about abstraction and the uses of literary theory, for the pleasure of …

At the Yorkshire Sculpture Park until the 27th of May is an exhibition of work by Garth Evans, selected by sculptor Richard Deacon. As Deacon …

At the Yorkshire Sculpture Park until the 27th of May is an exhibition of work by Garth Evans, selected by sculptor Richard Deacon. As Deacon …

To make a pattern, un dessein, an arrangement of shapes, is on one level a response to the fundamentals of life. The Egyptians had both …

To make a pattern, un dessein, an arrangement of shapes, is on one level a response to the fundamentals of life. The Egyptians had both …

Just opened at the Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria is a show of work by Wade Guyton and Kelley Walker along with their collaborative side project …

Just opened at the Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria is a show of work by Wade Guyton and Kelley Walker along with their collaborative side project …

Over the last decade, Julie Mehretu has become an art world star, her work shown at The Whitney and Guggenheim (New York and Berlin), purchased …

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Those interested in abstract art who are after some kind of essential visual truth from singular art works, who don’t give a flying urinal for …

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It must have seemed like a wonderful idea to put these two old boys of abstract art together; both now over ninety and both still …

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