Cocksucker Blues

by Travis Jeppesen on November 25, 2008

Where do I get my cock sucked? Where do I get my ass fucked? Here, seems. (Shhh…. quiet!)

WhiteHot

by Travis Jeppesen on November 23, 2008

The first print issue of WhiteHot Contemporary Art magazine is now available for purchase.

DISORIENTATIONS Berlin Book Launch

by Travis Jeppesen on November 22, 2008

The book launch for my collection of art criticism, DISORIENTATIONS, will be on November 29th at 19:00 at a new gallery/bar space at Kronenstraße 71, 10117 Berlin Please contact me if you want to come, I will put your name (…)

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Barry Schwabsky

by Travis Jeppesen on November 18, 2008

Barry Schwabsky on the art world: At a time when art still makes headlines mostly for the absurd prices people are willing to pay for it, it may sound surprising to say that the ethic of the art world entails (…)

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Without a Name: Jon Campbell

by Travis Jeppesen on November 12, 2008

Below is my catalog essay for Jon Campbell’s exhibition in Paris, which opens on Saturday, November 15th at Galerie Jeanroch Dard. Faced with the difficulty of writing about Jon Campbell’s work, I can only try and identify the source of (…)

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Social Disease

by Travis Jeppesen on November 11, 2008

Social Disease, publisher of Disorientations: Art on the Margins of the “Contemporary”, has a new website.

Richard Serra at Gagosian Britannia

by Travis Jeppesen on November 8, 2008

The philosophical rigidity of Richard Serra’s sculptures stands for raw endurance. They last, they extend themselves past momentary interpretations, and yet they are not momentous; rather they nearly pass as organic forms. One at Gagosian is a vaginal maze that (…)

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Ryan Trecartin at Whitechapel Gallery

by Travis Jeppesen on November 8, 2008

Having sat through so much bad video art in the past, I had until fairly recently come close to giving up on the medium altogether. Lately, however, my prejudices have been dissolving, as a new generation of video artists — (…)

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