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Archives for June 2005

ROBERT SMITHSON, THE LAST ROMANTIC

June 30, 2005 by John Perreault

        "I am a Modern artist dying of Modernism." Robert Smithson, 1961            (in a letter quoted by Thomas Crow) Robert Smithson: Spiral Jetty, 1970                    Developing the Negatives The death of Robert Smithson in a plane crash in 1973 was not only the loss of an important artist (and the art he … [Read more...]

John Perreault interviewed on WPS1

June 18, 2005 by John Perreault

Now available as a podcast. Click here: PODCAST. … [Read more...]

VIRTUAL CHELSEA TOUR

June 14, 2005 by John Perreault

      Touring Chelsea: Chelsea High Line Railroad, courtesy Friends of the High Line                 Why We Still Go to Galleries As I become more and more a denizen of the internet, the digital ether, I get nervous. Transformations are traumatic. And so I cling to past modes of perception. Is it my imagination, or is it really the case that the longer I am online, the stronger my need to experience … [Read more...]

HIATUS

June 4, 2005 by John Perreault

Taking a short hiatus. Will be back soon. … [Read more...]

John Perreault

I have written about art for a number of years, specializing in first-person art criticism as art critic for the Village Voice, then in the Soho News. I have championed... Read More…

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ARTOPIA is an art diary featuring my evaluations of the art I see in galleries, museums, public spaces, and sometimes in artists' studios. I specialize in new art or art that needs to be looked at in a fresh way, in terms of contemporary practice. … [Read More...]

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John Perreault interviewed on WPS1

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