Forever Now: Contemporary Painting in an Atemporal World
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Product Description Timeless Painting Presents The Work Of 17 Contemporary Painters Whose Works Reflect A Singular Approach That Is Peculiarly Of Our Time: They Are ATemporal, A Term Coined By William Gibson And Bruce Sterling, The Originators Of The Cyberpunk Aesthetic. ATemporality Or Timelessness Manifests Itself In Painting As An Ahistoric FreeForAll, Where Contemporaneity As An Indicator Of New Form Is Nowhere To Be Found, And All Eras CoExist. Published To Accompany An Exhibition At The Museum Of Modern Art That Explores The Impact Of This Cultural Condition On Contemporary Painting, This Publication Features Work By An International Roster Of Artists Including Joe Bradley, Kerstin Brtsch, Matt Connors, Nicole Eisenman, Mark Grotjahn, Charline Von Heyl, , Julie Mehretu, Oscar Murillo, Laura Owens And Josh Smith, Among Others. An Overview Essay By Curator Laura Hoptman Is Divided Into Thematic Chapters That Explore Topics Such As ReAnimation And Reenactment, Recontextualization, Zombie Painting, And The Concomitant Frankenstein Approach, Which Describes A Process Of Stitching Together Pieces Of The History Of Painting To Create A Work Of Art That Would Be Dead But For Its Juxtaposed Parts, All Working In Association With One Another To Propel The Work Into Life. Review Seventeen Artists Are Examined In This Catalogue For A Moma Exhibition, Arguing, Somewhat Paradoxically, That Atemporality Or Timelessness Is The Defining Characateristic Of Our Current World. Work From Painters Like Matt Connors, Amy Sillman And Mary Weatherford Reflects The Tendency Today To Mix Up Historical Styles And Techniques On The Canvas.Laura HoptmanArt In America (10/01/2014) ...When Artists, Critics, And Curators Want To Take The Pulse Of Contemporary Art, Painting Inspires Much Of The Deepest, Most Heartfelt, And Heated Discussion.Jed Perl The New York Review Of Books About The Author Laura Hoptman Is Curator In The Department Of Painting And Sculpture At The Museum Of Modern Art, New York.
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