As mostly refugees, like Arshile Gorky from the Armenian massacre, the New York School also brought past art with them — a reminder that if you ever hear a popular critic reviving the myth of America as a blank slate that never «got» Europe, forget»e
As mostly refugees, like Arshile Gorky from the Armenian massacre, the New York School also brought past
art with them — a reminder that if you ever hear a popular
critic reviving the myth of America
as a blank slate that never «got» Europe, forget»e
as a blank slate that never «got» Europe, forget»em.
Critics have dismissed the contest
as a populist ploy to bring cultural prestige to Grand Rapids (aka outer Siberia,
as far
as Chelsea insiders are concerned), and labeled the
art produced for the contest
as mostly mediocre.
The work received a lot of feedback: Pistoletto, who started under the American influence of «post-pop
art» and photorealism, was soon listed by gallery owners and
critics in the catalogues
as a significant representative of the novel,
mostly Italian trend of the Arte Povera.