Schwabsky, Barry

Barry Schwabsky is an American art critic and poet living in London. He is the author of "The Widening Circle: Consequences of Modernism in Contemporary Art" and "Opera: Poems 1981-2002", as well as contributions to "Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting" and to monographs and exhibition catalogues on such artists as Alighiero e Boetti, Jessica Stockholder, and Gillian Wearing. Schwabsky also co-edits the international reviews section of "Artforum" and has taught at New York University, Yale University, and Goldsmiths College.