The Brooklyn Rail is a wonderful website of “Critical Perspectives on Arts Politics and Culture.” Sharkforum readers should check it out. One recent article in the “Art Seen” section I found very enjoyable: “Call it Merde” by artist and art critic James Kalm. He has his own youtube page with videos of art criticism.
A few excerpts to tantalize you:
"As the new art season opens, led by the charge of the market bulls, we’re confronted once again with the latest, the hottest, the chic-est. For this somewhat jaded spectator, who’s experienced our culture’s willing desensitization via a plethora of evermore “shocking” gestures, I find myself wondering about its relationship to that most base of all materials: shit, crap, doodoo, poop. ..."
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