Sarah K. Rich made my day yesterday when I sat down to read a bit of the recent Artforum. Unfortunately it sometimes takes someone\u2019s death to trigger a critical response about recent trends and ideas that seem to be on the way towards canonization. In her obituary for Kenneth Noland, Ms. Rich starts with an assumption that she finds (happily) to be false about the preciousness of an art object once Mr. Noland has finished, as well as the energetic physical engagement towards his finished art object.<\/p>\n
Let me cut to the chase here; The part of this article that impresses me \u2013 and gives me hope for future critics and curators is this:<\/p>\n
\u201cNow that we are several decades down the hill of popular culture, and we\u2019ve all gotten a better idea of how frenzied and mind-numbing kitsch can be, the formalist advocacy of work that might give the viewing subject a place for the exercise of sustained and quiet attention doesn\u2019t seem like a bad idea.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Thank you, thank you, thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sarah K. Rich made my day yesterday when I sat down to read a bit of the recent Artforum. Unfortunately it sometimes takes someone\u2019s death to trigger a critical response about recent trends and ideas that seem to be on the way towards canonization. In her obituary for Kenneth Noland, Ms. Rich starts with an assumption that she finds (happily) to be false about the preciousness of an art object once Mr. Noland has finished, as well as the energetic physical engagement towards his finished art object. Let me cut to the chase here; The part of this article that…<\/p>\n