{"id":1730,"date":"2010-05-17T09:08:13","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T16:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp\/2010\/05\/contemporary_art_few_clams_few\/"},"modified":"2010-05-17T09:08:13","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T16:08:13","slug":"contemporary_art_few_clams_few","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/2010\/05\/contemporary_art_few_clams_few.html","title":{"rendered":"Contemporary art: few clams, few mussels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why is it, despite their evocative shapes,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/servlet\/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&amp;artistid=815&amp;page=1\"><\/a><br \/>\nthat clams and mussels rarely make an appearance in art? Is it because of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariangoodman.com\/artists\/marcel-broodthaers\/\">Marcel Broodthaers<\/a>? To use them again is to stand in his shadow. <\/p>\n<p>(Image <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/imgres?imgurl=http:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/collection\/T\/T01\/T01976_9.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/servlet\/ViewWork%3Fcgroupid%3D999999961%26workid%3D1550%26searchid%3D9392%26tabview%3Dimage&amp;usg=__oEdAVs4DRwMNUDE5DW_3QiIHCNY=&amp;h=512&amp;w=464&amp;sz=24&amp;hl=en&amp;start=41&amp;sig2=gctm3I68NqzMsbyYq9qIFw&amp;um=1&amp;itbs=1&amp;tbnid=kQfFdM2LnHYEjM:&amp;tbnh=131&amp;tbnw=119&amp;prev=\/images%3Fq%3Dmarcel%2Bbroodthaers%26start%3D40%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1R1MOZA_en___US365%26ndsp%3D20%26tbs%3Disch:1&amp;ei=FOvwS9L8GZ2utAPr9vDIDw\">via<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MarcelBroodthaersoys.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/MarcelBroodthaersoys.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0pt auto 20px;\" height=\"485\" width=\"429\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bau-xi.com\/dynamic\/artist.asp?ArtistID=42\">Andre Petterson<\/a>, opening in June in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fosterwhite.com\/\">Foster\/White Gallery<\/a>, is giving it a go from a different angle: Shells as evidence of geological layering bursting from the innards of an outdated machine. Except for the inexplicable addition of red, I&#8217;m with him. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"AndrePettersonseashell.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/AndrePettersonseashell.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0pt auto 20px;\" height=\"563\" width=\"449\" \/>Of course, the outdated machine he chose has already unraveled as a kind of signature for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moma.org\/visit\/calendar\/exhibitions\/964\">William Kentridge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(Image <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gregkucera.com\/kentridge.htm\">via<\/a> Greg Kucera Gallery)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"williamkenttypewr.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/williamkenttypewr.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0pt auto 20px;\" height=\"338\" width=\"449\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JZ9U4Cbb4wg\">You gotta know the territory<\/a>. It&#8217;s also true that artists who let the past stop them make no mark on the present. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why is it, despite their evocative shapes, that clams and mussels rarely make an appearance in art? Is it because of Marcel Broodthaers? To use them again is to stand in his shadow. (Image via) Andre Petterson, opening in June in Foster\/White Gallery, is giving it a go from a different angle: Shells as evidence [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1730","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1730\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}