For one year, respected critic and curator Bob Nickas put his money where his eyes are: he decided to become a collector, someone who takes art off gallery walls instead of hanging it there. His ground rules dictated that he would buy one work per month from an artist he had never written about or exhibited before. In this fascinating diary of his year on the market, he tracks the changes in his relation to art, when the commitment becomes one of the wallet and not just the mind and words. -It has affected the way I look at art, - he writes. -On the one hand, if I am unwilling to part with my...
For one year, respected critic and curator Bob Nickas put his money where his eyes are: he decided to become a collector, someone who takes art off ga...
This new expanded edition gives a ten-year overview of Los Angeles-based artist Walead Beshty (born 1976), and elucidates his approach to photographic and sculptural representation. Most recently, Beshty's work has concentrated on themes of production, making use of mundane procedures like air travel or mailing a package.
This new expanded edition gives a ten-year overview of Los Angeles-based artist Walead Beshty (born 1976), and elucidates his approach to photographic...
