By Anne Swartz
From Hanne Darboven and Martha Rosler to Song Dong, archiving has become a way to incorporate inventories into art. In the current Information Age, we have access to more information than ever, as well as more ways to store, record and document experience than ever, which has intrigued artists and given [...]
Whitney Museum of American Art - New York
“The Impossibility of Protest from Within the Institution”
By Stephen Truax
Artist and activist Sharon Hayes’ ongoing projects pairing political protest and personal desire exhibited together at the Whitney Museum of American Art illuminated how drastically the present political landscape differs from that of the 20th century. Hayes [...]
(On Venice Biennale’s ILLUMInations)
By Paco Barragán
For people in Venice that aren’t necessarily so well informed in art matters, “ILLUMInazioni - ILLUMInations” might make them think of a kind of light show…
Obviously the title is not very bright and shining. To be more precise: this contradictio in terminis in the title is a cheap, lamentable boutade. [...]
By Jeff Edwards
Sharon Hayes’ art is stunning for the way it both reflects and strives to transcend the divisive political climate we’ve made for ourselves. Though her works are often concerned with specific controversies and transient cultural moments, their apparent single-issue focus can be misleading. Across a broad constellation of performances, installations, and actions dealing [...]
