Relational Aesthetics, a Debate: Thomas O. Haakenson and Sheila Dickinson
Thomas O. Haakenson: The Façade of a Radical Theory
Nicolas Bourriaud’s idea of “relational aesthetics” has become something of a theory du jour in certain art and academic circles. The problems with the theory are manifold, however, and artists and academicians using it have only made the theory’s ridiculous foundational assumptions seem somehow chic, hip, and [...]
City Drawings as Spatial Grotesque
In Irish society there is a desire to keep things in their place, maintain tradition, and present a continuum of order, which became heightened after independence in 1922 when the desire for stability, secure social boundaries and norms increased. The Republic’s first Taoiseach, Eamon DeValera, further supported these norms in the 1937 constitution, wherein woman [...]
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Posers and Pranksters: Getting serious on the art of The Yes Men and Hasan Elahi
When thinking about fakery in art, copying an original most likely comes to mind, from De Chirico copying his own paintings to Sherrie Levine placing a Walker Evans’ photo under her own name. But these artworld postures are just that: an aesthetic proposition with little impact or relevance outside the gallery walls. I don’t take [...]
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