Tag Archives: Rosalind Krauss

Letter to A Friend – Creativity, Self-Doubt, The Studio

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

Dear L- I don’t want to minimize your negative feelings about either your show or yourself. Or, I do. Or, I don’t, too much. The judgment you pass on yourself is perhaps justifiable (perhaps); but feelings, which though related are … Continue reading →

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Letter to Student on Writing and Revision

Posted on August 4, 2011 by

Dear S, Good to hear from you. I know finals can induce anxiety, but don’t let this one get to you. I think you should stick to your choice, because you like Marcel Mauss and also because writing on him … Continue reading →

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Culture as Disfiguration – Against Rousseau

Posted on July 14, 2011 by

Grebo Mask Côte d’Ivoire Pablo Picasso Guitar (1914) Museum of Modern Art, New York It is possible, that there are literary qualities in the fiction of high modernist Joseph Conrad, in particular the very famous novella “Heart of Darkness”, which … Continue reading →

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Venting – Open and Anonymous:

Posted on April 17, 2011 by

Dear Friend, I hadn’t wanted to upset you in the way I seem to have done. For that I apologize. You certainly didn’t do anything anyone normal would consider wrong. I know you always mean well. It’s never been my … Continue reading →

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“Progress”

Posted on April 1, 2011 by

“One must have recourse to another term. . . . There seems no reason not to use it.” “Their failure is encoded into the very surfaces of these works.” “Sculpture In The Expanded Field” (1979) The Originality of The Avant-Garde … Continue reading →

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