2008: Moments: Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
by Travis Jeppesen on December 28, 2008
I haven’t been to the theatre very often in the last ten years. I’ve purposefully avoided it. What a lot of people don’t know is that I actually started off as a writer for the theatre, when I was a (…)
Holiday Disorientations
by Travis Jeppesen on December 18, 2008
This holiday season, why not give the gift of disorientation… Disorientations: Art on the Margins of the …$31.95 – Barnes & Noble.com Disorientations: Art on the Margins of the …$30.95 – Tower.com Disorientations: Art on the Margins of the …$45.10 (…)
2008: Moments: The Last of Rothko
by Travis Jeppesen on December 18, 2008
At the end of his life, Mark Rothko was making black paintings. Black and gray. Like TV static, but without the white: the voidlessness is now upon us. When you get closer, you can make out pale beige shapes, contorted (…)
Candice Breitz
by Travis Jeppesen on December 17, 2008
My review of the Candice Breitz solo exhibition in Berlin is now online.
Apollinaire for the digital age
by Travis Jeppesen on December 16, 2008
The first review (that I’m aware of) of Disorientations has been published. Thank you, John Holten and Dogmatika.
2008: Moments
by Travis Jeppesen on December 12, 2008
I’ve been reflecting a lot on art and films and performances and unclassifiable forms of art I’ve witnessed or somehow participated in throughout the past year. I’m not going to do a “Best Of” post, because that kind of thinking (…)
Deflated: Jeff Koons in Berlin
by Travis Jeppesen on December 9, 2008
The two Jeff Koons solo exhibitions currently on in Berlin – one a retrospective of the sculptures, the other a show of new paintings – confirm that Koons is the worst living artist anywhere. Koons is a sort of con (…)
The Art World
by Travis Jeppesen on December 9, 2008
There’s been a lot of talk lately about “the art world.” The art world is in trouble. This is what the future of the art world will look like. I spent a week in the art world and lived to (…)
Disestablishmentarianism
by Travis Jeppesen on December 6, 2008
Melissa Mann’s Beat the Dust is not just an excellent online literary magazine — it’s also a bookshop stocking a range of interesting titles. You can now order Disorientations through the site. And if you’re in the States, I recommend (…)
Update, Personal
by Travis Jeppesen on December 1, 2008
Complete and utter chaos in my life right now – some good, some bad, but we’ll pull through (mehopes.) Finished a novel, now writing a play, seeing lots of art but no time to sort my thoughts out on paper. (…)
