To Begin, Again: A Prehistory of the Wex, 1968–89, 2022
This essay offers a genealogy of the arts laboratory in 20th century Euro-American culture, on th... more This essay offers a genealogy of the arts laboratory in 20th century Euro-American culture, on the occasion of the 2022 exhibition "To Begin, Again: A Prehistory of the Wex, 1968–89," at the Wexner Center for the Arts.
"Bachelor Modernism" reconstructs the 1926 International Exhibition of Modern Art Arranged by the... more "Bachelor Modernism" reconstructs the 1926 International Exhibition of Modern Art Arranged by the Société Anonyme, a modernist exhibiting society led by Katherine Dreier and Marcel Duchamp. Among other things, this exhibition was the only public display of Duchamp's Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (The Large Glass) in its original state before shattering. The essay argues that the exhibition embodied a critical tension between Dreier's milennarian vision of an internationalist and cosmic modernism, and Duchamp's premonition of a "bachelor modernism" mired in perpetual churn and failure.
This conversation between Jarosław Suchan, director of Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, Poland, from 2006 t... more This conversation between Jarosław Suchan, director of Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, Poland, from 2006 to 2022, and grupa o.k., the collaborative endeavor of Julian Myers and Joanna Szupinska, addresses the current political crisis in Poland under the rule of the ethnocentric right-wing populist party Law and Justice and its effects on art-institutions in that country. It addresses Suchan's innovative approach to the avant-gardes of the early twentieth century, which he sees as internationalist and emancipatory, and explores the circumstances of his dismissal by forces within the ultra-conservative government. It provides Suchan's parsing of disparate factions within the ruling party, his critical analysis of their aims to advance a whitewashed view of Polish history, his efforts to produce a counternarrative to this “new historical politics,” and his hopes and fears for a Polish cultural scene under right-wing populist direction.
Grandfather: A Pioneer Like Us. Reconstruction of 1974 exhibition by Harald Szeemann, organized b... more Grandfather: A Pioneer Like Us. Reconstruction of 1974 exhibition by Harald Szeemann, organized by Glenn Phillips and Philipp Kaiser. Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, February 4–April 22, 2018; Gerechtigkeitgasse 74 (original site), Bern, June 9–September 2, 2018; Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, October 13, 2018–January 20, 2019; Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli, February 26–May 26, 2019; and Swiss Institute, New York, June 27–August 18, 2019
... DOI: 10.1177/14704129090080020301 2009 8: 161 Journal of Visual Culture Julian Myers,Dominic ... more ... DOI: 10.1177/14704129090080020301 2009 8: 161 Journal of Visual Culture Julian Myers,Dominic Willsdon, Mary Elizabeth Yarbrough and Lauren ... Its televised ads were unremarkable (Hillary Clinton did better); its website was notable for its social media functionalities but ...
To Begin, Again: A Prehistory of the Wex, 1968–89, 2022
This essay offers a genealogy of the arts laboratory in 20th century Euro-American culture, on th... more This essay offers a genealogy of the arts laboratory in 20th century Euro-American culture, on the occasion of the 2022 exhibition "To Begin, Again: A Prehistory of the Wex, 1968–89," at the Wexner Center for the Arts.
"Bachelor Modernism" reconstructs the 1926 International Exhibition of Modern Art Arranged by the... more "Bachelor Modernism" reconstructs the 1926 International Exhibition of Modern Art Arranged by the Société Anonyme, a modernist exhibiting society led by Katherine Dreier and Marcel Duchamp. Among other things, this exhibition was the only public display of Duchamp's Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (The Large Glass) in its original state before shattering. The essay argues that the exhibition embodied a critical tension between Dreier's milennarian vision of an internationalist and cosmic modernism, and Duchamp's premonition of a "bachelor modernism" mired in perpetual churn and failure.
This conversation between Jarosław Suchan, director of Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, Poland, from 2006 t... more This conversation between Jarosław Suchan, director of Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, Poland, from 2006 to 2022, and grupa o.k., the collaborative endeavor of Julian Myers and Joanna Szupinska, addresses the current political crisis in Poland under the rule of the ethnocentric right-wing populist party Law and Justice and its effects on art-institutions in that country. It addresses Suchan's innovative approach to the avant-gardes of the early twentieth century, which he sees as internationalist and emancipatory, and explores the circumstances of his dismissal by forces within the ultra-conservative government. It provides Suchan's parsing of disparate factions within the ruling party, his critical analysis of their aims to advance a whitewashed view of Polish history, his efforts to produce a counternarrative to this “new historical politics,” and his hopes and fears for a Polish cultural scene under right-wing populist direction.
Grandfather: A Pioneer Like Us. Reconstruction of 1974 exhibition by Harald Szeemann, organized b... more Grandfather: A Pioneer Like Us. Reconstruction of 1974 exhibition by Harald Szeemann, organized by Glenn Phillips and Philipp Kaiser. Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, February 4–April 22, 2018; Gerechtigkeitgasse 74 (original site), Bern, June 9–September 2, 2018; Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, October 13, 2018–January 20, 2019; Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli, February 26–May 26, 2019; and Swiss Institute, New York, June 27–August 18, 2019
... DOI: 10.1177/14704129090080020301 2009 8: 161 Journal of Visual Culture Julian Myers,Dominic ... more ... DOI: 10.1177/14704129090080020301 2009 8: 161 Journal of Visual Culture Julian Myers,Dominic Willsdon, Mary Elizabeth Yarbrough and Lauren ... Its televised ads were unremarkable (Hillary Clinton did better); its website was notable for its social media functionalities but ...
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