{"id":361,"date":"2009-03-25T11:11:45","date_gmt":"2009-03-25T18:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp\/2009\/03\/dearly_madly_-_romance_without\/"},"modified":"2009-03-25T11:11:45","modified_gmt":"2009-03-25T18:11:45","slug":"dearly_madly_-_romance_without","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/2009\/03\/dearly_madly_-_romance_without.html","title":{"rendered":"“Dearly, Madly” – romance as the end of the road"},"content":{"rendered":"

Passionate love is Temporary
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Insanity the Chinese
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say that day
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I walked nine miles in a bowl
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the hill makes coming round
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and round avoiding
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the road in
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sane I realized a whole
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week later….<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

– Olga Broumas, from Landscape with Loaves and Figure<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

At Howard House<\/a>, the title of the exhibit Dearly, Madly<\/i> comes from a pathetically excessive sentiment expressed in Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo<\/i>: <\/p>\n

I love her dearly, madly; I love her so much that I would shed all my blood to save her one tear.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As soon as it’s said, the loved one is looking for the door. Curated by artist Robert Yoder<\/a>, Dearly Madly<\/i> explores the spirit of doomed pursuit. The nature of the pursuit insures its failure and seals desire into an endless loop,having nowhere else to go.<\/p>\n

Michael Dee<\/a>‘s Heartsmelt (The Panopticon)<\/i> is a Jeff Koons’ on the skids. Trailing its own battered props, this party is dead and doesn’t know it.<\/p>\n

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Shaun Kardinal<\/a>‘s Repose<\/em> is in love with its own melancholy.<\/p>\n

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In gorgeous video performances on tiny screens, Julia Oldham<\/a> imitates the mating rituals of insects. She memorized their antics and can repeat them perfectly. <\/p>\n

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If Elizabeth Peyton<\/a> and Karen Kilimnik<\/a> did not exist, I doubt Alika Cooper<\/a> would be able to invent them. She hitched her wagon to their stars, and yet hovering inside her paintings is a distinct form struggling to get out. <\/p>\n

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I’m not sure what Haim Steinbach<\/a> is doing in this show. A self-possessed member of the Cool School, Steinbach has never demonstrated a flair for or interest in vulnerability. He’s the Giorgio Morandi<\/a> <\/em>of consumer goods, and his shelf life goes on forever. <\/p>\n

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Dearly, Madly<\/i> ends Saturday.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Passionate love is Temporary Insanity the Chinese say that day I walked nine miles in a bowl the hill makes coming round and round avoiding the road in sane I realized a whole week later…. – Olga Broumas, from Landscape with Loaves and Figure At Howard House, the title of the exhibit Dearly, Madly comes […]<\/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-361","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\/361","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=361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}