«As minimalism became the default visual language of contemporary art, there was a shift where
all things scatological became almost suppressed.
«As minimalism became the default visual language of contemporary art, there was a shift where
all things scatological became almost suppressed,» Andrea Rosen, the president of the eponymous gallery, said in a statement.
Not exact matches
As is the case with all
things we produce, it's the quality — NOT the quantity — that matters when it comes to our
scatological activities.
The venereal /
scatological imagery married to a certain Cronenbergian insect ethic and Clive Barker S&M demon
thing identify it all as derivative, if inoffensively so.
The
scatological humour is the only
thing in Spaceballs with currency — that, plus extended riffs on the merchandising ploy of contemporary blockbusters (what does CGI allow Lucas but to increase the toy quotient by generating nameless aliens in multiple?)
In fact, the most compelling
things in America owe less to Ligon than to his source materials: Richard Pryor's
scatological takes on race, Billie Holiday's coruscating «Strange Fruit» (heard emanating from an installation), and, yes, Mapplethorpe's suite of photographs of black men.