Modernism in a Post-Modern Era By Martin Mugar, WTP Guest Writer There was a good deal of enthusiasm surrounding the late Andrew Forge’s exhibit this summer at the Betty Cuningham Gallery in New York City, but its title “The Limits of Sight” seemed mistaken. My first reaction was, whoever titled this show was making the…
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Calder and Warhol, From Two Opposing Worlds
Two Biographies Inform Each Other By Martin Mugar, WTP Guest Writer Reading Calder: The Conquest of Time required an adjustment of my habitual expectations of the reading of Jed Perl’s writing. I always enjoy his incisive critique and deflation of the art “powers that be.” I have spoken with many artists who are part of…