Anodyne
Thursday, May 18, 2006
 
Recent reading:

Frederik Pohl, Annals of the Heechee
Alison Gingeras, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh et al., Thomas Hirschhorn (Phaidon Contemporary Artists)

The Pohl is really, really bad, a kind of grab-bag of all the most irritating features of the previous Heechee books. I'm not that interested in Thomas Hirschhorn's work on an aesthetic level, but he's thoughtful and well-spoken, and his interview with Gingeras, plus Buchloh's long survey essay, are lucid, clear, and consistantly interesting. Anyone seeking a "conceptual model" for May 11's Untitled (New Garage) is directed to (in descending order): Thomas Hirschhorn, Jessica Stockholder, and David Urban.


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