No offense to the fine artists mentioned, but the title "Post-Hypnotic" might suggest that they operate under the influence of a commanding style, which might also explain why I saw Kris wearing an "I Love Minimalism" shirt (large block letters, of course) given her by the aforementioned Ruth Root. (OK, OK, one should be careful about reading too much into those clever exhibition titles. The first NY show I was in, currated by Steve Parrino, at International With Monument (a Tatlin reference, for cryin' out loud), was titled "Semi(op)tics". My mother, smarter than the average art world bear, didn't stop with the semiotics pun, but saw the word "semitics" isolated. "But you're not all Jewish" she observed…)
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(OK, OK, one should be careful about reading too much into those clever exhibition titles. The first NY show I was in, currated by Steve Parrino, at International With Monument (a Tatlin reference, for cryin' out loud), was titled "Semi(op)tics". My mother, smarter than the average art world bear, didn't stop with the semiotics pun, but saw the word "semitics" isolated. "But you're not all Jewish" she observed…)
- alex 6-03-2002 9:54 pm