Open questions Thirty years of writing about art
Book - 2023
"Over the past three decades, Helen Molesworth's singular voice and lively curatorial vision has established her as one of the most dynamic and influential voices in the art world. This generously illustrated reader - the first ever collection of her writings - presents 24 essays from the past 30 years, gathered from exhibition catalogs and art publications such as Artforum, Documents, frieze, and October. The volume opens with a new essay that lays out Molesworth's belief in art's unique capacity for merging knowledge and feeling. It also includes new critical and reflective commentary on her past writing, an innovative approach that will position Open Questions as an indispensable volume for viewing and thinking about ...contemporary art for generations to come"--
- Subjects
- Published
-
London ; New York :
Phaidon
2023
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- 303 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781838666057
- Introduction: Open Questions
- The Earliest Shots across the Bow
- Robert Rauschenberg: Before Bed
- Why Is the Sky Blue and Other Questions Regarding Writing
- Kerry James Marshall: Project America
- Thinking about Marcel Duchamp, or Why I Think a PHD in Art History is Still a Good Idea
- Work Ethic
- Rrose Sélavy Goes Shopping
- My Funny Valentine: Étant donnés
- Full-Time Employment, or When I Really Became a Feminist
- House Work and Art Work
- Painting with Ambivalence
- How to Install Art as a Feminist
- On Why I Love Artists
- Louise Lawler. Just the Facts
- Klara Lidén: In Memory of Static
- Jim Hodges: The Whole World Is Watching
- Doris Salcedo: Readymade Time
- Simone Leigh: Art Is Medicine
- Deana Lawson: Nation
- Ruth Asawa: "San Francisco Housewife and Mother"
- Lee Lozano: Drawings
- Catherine Opie: Politics
- After All This, It Turns Out I Really Love Painting
- Luc Tuymans: Painting the Banality of Evil
- Dike Blair: Hook and Eye
- Manny Farber: One Day at a Time
- Lari Pittman: Décor, the Decorative, Decorum
- Lisa Yuskavage: Meissen v. Hummel
- Noah Davis: The Forest and the Trees
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments
- Image Credits