Tag Archive "todt"

Weekly Update – The radical forlorn in art

This week’s Weekly has my piece on radically-forlorn art, something that’s in the air and on the walls everywhere. Below is the copy with some pictures. I have sets from the TODT exhibit here, from Pentimenti here and from Karen Kilimnik’s ICA exhibit here. Libby’s post on TODT is here. Licensed to NilIn a world run by oil-crazed warmongers, pictures of kittens don’t cut it. Aggressive Nippers from TODT’s installation at Fleisher-Ollman Art mirrors the times. When the times get black and ugly, so does art. But not all art, of course. Some artists turn inward and produce things more ... More » »

Oh, the horror; Todt at Fleisher-Ollman

Mam, 1996, 53 x 43 x 43″ Todt is not for the faint of heart. The group makes work about humanity without a moral compass. The parodies of technological experimentation and technology culture are at once horrifying and familiar. The group goes back more than 30 years. But recently it is back in full force with their exhibit After Next at Fleisher-Ollman Gallery, as well as upcoming exhibits at the Centre Pompidou and at Sideshow Gallery in Williamsburg, and a feature article about them in Sculpture Magazine. But their work is always timely it seems to me given humanity’s penchant ... More » »