by Art Fag City on January 28, 2010
POST BY PADDY JOHNSON Last week at SVA, scholar and critic Boris Groys discussed the difference between what he calls “strong” and “weak” images. According to my and Tom Moody’s combined notes, those in the former category have many spectators, while the latter have few. The avant-garde, as Groys defines it, “isn’t about change, but […]
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by Marina Galperina on January 27, 2010
POST BY MARINA GALPERINA On To The Next One, Jay-Z, directed by Sam Brown, screenshot via YouTube In Jay-Z’s monochrome seizure of a video On To The Next One, director Sam Brown splices bombastic bling-bling, a bite of the occult and a sprinkle of fine art allusion. Behold, namely, the eye-scratching centerpiece at 1:30 — […]
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