For this edition of Wicked Artsy I look at four exhibitions on the Lower East Side that cover a variety of media (video, installation, painting, drawing, sculpture) and use self-criticism and explicitly reflexive gestures to undercut their grandiose gestures. In a contemporary art scene that all too often rewards brash ambition, scandal and noise over thorough and theoretically sound production, work like that of Emmy Mikelson at NY Studio Gallery (pictured at right) is especially refreshing. Read the whole article here.
Wicked Artsy: In Dark Humor
For this edition of Wicked Artsy I look at four exhibitions on the Lower East Side that cover a variety of media (video, installation, painting, drawing, sculpture) and use self-criticism and explicitly reflexive gestures to undercut their grandiose gestures. In a contemporary art scene that all too often rewards brash ambition, scandal and noise over thorough and theoretically sound production, work like that of Emmy Mikelson at NY Studio Gallery (pictured at right) is especially refreshing. Read the whole article here.
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