Issue # 162Between Perverse Meaning and NonsenseFebruary 4, 2011share with a friend:Erin Curtis, Apartment Building, Acrylic on canvas, 2010, 73 x 114 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Champion, Austin. (detail)from the editor‘History occurs the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.’ This oft-cited paraphrase from Marx’s The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte has been applied to the analysis of … Read More
Just Because 11.1: Eileen Maxson
Just Because 11.1Cached CursesEileen MaxsonJanuary 23rd – February 27th, 2011share with a friend:Eileen Maxson, A Soft Healer, 2010, Digital C Print, 46.81 x 33.11 inches. Image courtesy of the artist. (detail)Project DetailsOverviewAbout the ArtistCached Curses infects testsite with a psychic bubbling of worry, trash, cash and (so last century) hexes. Originally inspired by an ad on Craigslist offering a free, haunted … Read More
MBG Issue #161: The Cuckoo Effect
Issue # 161The Cuckoo EffectJanuary 21, 2011share with a friend:Devon Dikeou, You Can Observe a Lot by Watching (installation view), 2010. Courtesy of the artist and Domy Books. Photo by Carling Hale. (detail)from the editorIn my previous letter from the editor, I made a case for the connection between editorial and curatorial practice. That weekend I spent some time in Devon Dikeou’s … Read More
MBG Issue #160: Focused IRL Attention
Issue # 160Focused IRL AttentionJanuary 7, 2011share with a friend:Amanda Ross-Ho, THE SKIES THE LIMIT (LEAVE ME ALONE), 1998-2009, Hand painted, rainbow tie-dyed T-shirt, acrylic, graphite and oil pastel on canvas, 96 x 75 inches. Courtesy the collection of Sandy Heller, New York. (detail)from the editorAt the beginning of 2011, we find ourselves at the dawn of a new decade—one … Read More