As a painter dissatisfied with much of the paintings made today, I appreciate Candice’s diagnosis of the problem. Worth a read: a work of criticism about form that strives itself to be a form, full of leaps and free in scope and direction.
On the unvitality of art, the gap between press release and painting, & the problem of form and content, w/ reference to Diva Corp's Insta-Essay and paintings by Doron Langberg and Cynthia Daignault.
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"This gap between press release and painting—and our complacency—no, our expectation of it, is a symptom of what can only be a shared suspi…