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...simplify the state of contemporary art into two distinct camps, the Carpenter Center’s show “Some Options in Abstraction” and its currently-showing sister “Some Options in Realism” are in a double bind. Such categorization of art??while perhaps useful and necessary for its understanding—runs the risk of destroying a work’s subtlety and mystery. The compelling works that make up the show are strong on their own, but they often seem limited by the blanket term “realism...
...director’s ego) isn’t the only determining factor. From the Academy President’s introductory speech to the montage of recently deceased actors to the lifetime achievement honorees, there’s some sense of celebrating art for the sake of art??or at least of celebrating film as something more than disposable entertainment. Why else include an award for Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Short Subject, when the four-hour plus ceremony is already acknowledged as taking too long...
That is to say, the Institute for Contemporary Art??s (ICA) new exhibition, “Chic Clicks: Creativity and Commerce in Contemporary Fashion Photography,” has plenty of absolutely stunning pictures featuring models glaring at the camera, gazing misty-eyed into the distance, or being just plain weird—but not really wearing anything you might want to buy. Take Terry Richardson’s “Campaign for Sisley,” where we get to see close up a couple rutting in the hay: The image is interesting, albeit a little...
...this in an unusual way, splitting up the work of its 40 international photographers among its two floors into “Creativity” and “Commerce” sections to allow visitors to see independently the work done for profit and the work done for art??s sake...
...most frustrating aspects of the show is the location of “Looking for Langston” (1989), a 45 minute film directed by Isaac Julien (VES 151ar, “The Post-Cinematic in Video Art??, African-American Studies 187y, “Black Cinema as Genre—From Blaxploitation to Quentin Tarantino”). It is almost impossible to truly appreciate the beauty of Julien’s film while standing in the Carpenter Center: the lighting is not ideal, the screen is tiny and embedded in an enormous white wall, and the ambient...