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<\/a><\/p>\nIt\u2019s interesting people either love or hate Hal Foster. I sit in the middle ground \u2013 while I love the two books he edited \u2013 Recodings, and The Anti-Aesthetic, I\u2019ve never been too turned on by just his writing in the long form. I\u2019ve always thought he was best in middle size essays.<\/p>\n
By the way \u2013 did I say I love both Recodings, and The Anti-Aesthetic? I did and I still do. They seem to me to be two of the most critical anthologies of art criticism of the last 30 years. I assume most artists have read these and am always surprised and a bit let down when I find out otherwise.<\/p>\n
I think the Clark award is noteworthy because the arts community (commercial side) has been marginalizing criticism for some time now \u2013 this was especially true in the period between 2005 \u2013 2009 when the commercial side of the market was booming.<\/p>\n
Foster was selected by a three-member jury:<\/p>\n
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- Iwona Blazwick, Director of the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London<\/li>\n
- Bruce W. Ferguson, independent curator and critic<\/li>\n
- Andr\u00e1s Sz\u00e1nt\u00f3, Senior Lecturer at the Sotheby\u2019s Institute of Art, New York<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It\u2019s interesting people either love or hate Hal Foster. I sit in the middle ground \u2013 while I love the two books he edited \u2013 Recodings, and The Anti-Aesthetic, I\u2019ve never been too turned on by just his writing in the long form. I\u2019ve always thought he was best in middle size essays. By the way \u2013 did I say I love both Recodings, and The Anti-Aesthetic? I did and I still do. They seem to me to be two of the most critical anthologies of art criticism of the last 30 years. I assume most artists have read these…<\/p>\n