Something that Jeffrey Deitch said in the book, Collecting Contemporary (by Adam Lindemann) I thought was a very useful idea for understanding contemporary art. Deitch is one of New York’s art dealers, with a background in finance as well as art. Although he doesn’t come out and say it, his perspective is one where art… (read more)
Can a photograph be art? Images constructed inside the camera, or via Photoshop can be art-like, so it’s possible that photography can mimic art. But if the image is everyday content, and it’s, well, big, does that make it more art-like? Art World (April/May 2009) makes a “rare” interview with Andreas Gursky about his photographs… (read more)