Writings on Art from Central Europe and Beyond
- George Kuchar in Berlin
Yes, it’s been a time, and not an easy one at that. Hence, my absence from here for a while.
If you happen to be in Berlin this summer, escape the football hype and retreat indoors to spend a day or two with George Kuchar. This is the highlight of this year’s Berlin Biennale, hands down. [...]
- Center of the Earth Gallery in Charlotte to close
Sad to hear the news about one of my hometown galleries. My earliest exposure to visual art came from this neighborhood, which they nearly singlehandedly pioneered.
- Identity Drag
With the advent of post-structuralist philosophy and the spread of issue-based political activism in the latter half of the 20th century, the problem of identity arguably emerged as the most pressing ideological issue of the Zeitgeist. While it also enabled the creation of a lot of bad art, a new exhibition in Berlin has triumphantly [...]
- Sol LeWitt & Martin Eder in Berlin
My review of the Sol LeWitt show can now be read at Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art.
And at Artforum, there’s a review of the Martin Eder exhibition.
- RIP Michael Godfrey
Michael Godfrey, curator of the newly opened Becthler Museum in Charlotte, my home town, just passed away. Michael graciously took time out of a hectic schedule to give me a tour of the museum a few days before its official opening back in January. I was impressed with his sensitive, intuitive arrangement of the paintings, [...]
- Itchy Homo, or Why I Am So Terrible
An expanded version of my earlier blog post on Baselitz, bad writing, and the making of my novel The Suiciders, can now be read at Open Democracy.
- One or Several Wolves: reading in London
One or Several Wolves: multiplicities and packs in art
The event features an exhibition of the photographic work of London-based photographer Tereza Zelenkova, paintings and drawings by the New York-based artist Jason Saager and the novelist and art critic Travis Jeppesen performing a reading from his upcoming novel, The Suiciders.
Following the [...]
- Wolf at the Door
Me reading from Wolf at the Door.
- George Condo in Berlin
Read my review of the George Condo exhibition at Artforum.
Disorientations.com is Travis Jeppesen.