That so few critics have undertaken to mortally embarrass Ai’s collectors and to humiliate the directors of the institutions who enable his consensus-enforcement practice is a sign of our collective complicity with his method. The post The Conformist appeared first on Pierre d'Alancaisez .
Giardina Papa renders transhumanist dreams sharply. Their promise, alas, is imaginable only in uninhabitable abstract. The post Elisa Giardina Papa: She Flickered In and Out of History at ICA appeared first on Pierre d'Alancaisez .
Does an artist get to participate in the construction of her outsider status? The post Yvonne Mabs Francis: Breakdown at Yamamoto Keiko Rochaix ★★☆☆☆Yvonne Mabs appeared first on Pierre d'Alancaisez .
Whose job is it to cultivate the distinct aesthetic of a people in the terminal stages of neoliberalism? The post How to be a populist in the art world appeared first on Pierre d'Alancaisez .
Animal pity turns into animal cruelty, and bang, the mutt’s a goner. The post Prem Sahib: Kin at Phillida Reid ★★★★☆ appeared first on Pierre d'Alancaisez .
The ambition of a nearly forgotten art activism group is humbling — but its failures sobering. The post Comrades in Art appeared first on Pierre d'Alancaisez .
Dislocation was once the stuff of excitement. Today, it barely recognises its own homelessness. The post Yo Nishimura: Dislocation at Sadie Coles ★☆☆☆☆ appeared first on Pierre d'Alancaisez .