Règles de l'art

Jason Fox’s first solo show was held at Feature in New York in the early nineties, just after MoMA’s  High and Low: Modern Art and Popular Culture    (the first major exhibition to address “the relationship between modern art and popular and commercial culture.”)  And only two years before Mike Kelley organized  The Uncanny  at the Gemeentemuseum , Arnhem.  Fox’s work itself acts as a link between these events, and they in turn allow us to chronologically situate his acts of borrowing from both art history and from record sleeves of the seventies.  Although considered as common practice today, this kind of artistic approach was not so widespread at the time.   
 In a recent interview with artist Joe Bradley, Fox explicits his position:  “ The early nineties was another death-of-painting period and to be making expressive paintings that had nothing to do with appropriation was going against the tide. Fro...

As if starring  in David Bowie music videos  wasn't already the coolest, Tilda Swinton has currently taken up residency sleeping at  MoMA . It's part of an unannounced, surprise performance piece called "The Maybe" that will be taking place on random days all  year ( see updated details below ). A MoMA source told us, "Museum staff doesn't know she's coming until the day of, but she's here today. She'll be there the whole day. All that's in the box is cushions and a water jug." "Tilda Swinton will be doing unannounced, random performance art pieces sleeping in a glass box in the museum," the source added. Each performance lasts the whole day the museum is open." Swinton and her box are located near the ticket collectors, but the box may be in different locations at other performances. Update: It turns out that Swinton and the MoMA have been talking about "The Maybe" here since 2005!  MB ...