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The Great Appropriation
Donald Baechler’s effortless, authentic recombinations
Why isn’t Donald Baechler a bigger critical hero in the art world? What is it about his particular intersection of cultural investigation, studio practice, and aesthetics that eludes those who might invest some rigor into the position and show of this artist? It’s hard to know why, but the current exhibition at Cheim & Decipher offers enough material to convince those more qualified than this author to go about the business of mining the intelligence and currency of this work.
Often the product is misunderstood, merely reduced to its s origins and methods of appropriation. However, Baechler has, through his art, spent years addressing the complexity of influence and pleasure inherent in the ownership of imagery. Then as now, the works at Cheim & Read are perhaps some of the most intimate and non-academic investigations of authenticity, style, and culture’s dictates regarding the marriage of the two.
The materiality of the work was likely troublesome during the s, when cool was the temperature appropriate to cultural investigations. Baechler has an incredible gift for materi
The Conversation Continues
Jim Cottrell and Joe Lovett
By Sue Scott
On a warm summer evening in mid-June, Jim, Joe and I gathered in the garden behind their home in downtown Manhattan. Surrounded by sculptures by Mâkhi Xenakis, Mark Mennin, Donald Baechler and Frank Stella, we discussed their collection and the upcoming exhibition at the Orlando Museum of Art (OMA). Subsequent interviews took place over dinner and via the Internet throughout the summer.
Sue Scott: It&#;s been 12 years since you showed your collection at the Orlando Museum of Art, Co-Conspirators: Artist and Collector, The Collection of James Cottrell and Joseph Lovett. Joe, when we were trying to settle a title for the show, you had an epiphany with The Conversation Continues for the title.
Joe Lovett: We were talking about Barton Benes, who was a very cherished friend from our 20&#;s. He died at the age of We were very close and talked together almost every evening for years, decades actually. We had a fantastic deal of his serve . After I got over the shock and the terror of his decline and eventually his death, I realized that the conversation continued, because his work was everywhere. And wherever I saw his
Human Rights Campaign Announces “Artists for Equality” Auction to Help Elect Pro-Equality Candidates
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) — the nation’s largest woman loving woman, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization — launched “Artist for Equality,” an online art auction fundraiser taking place between September , The event is co-hosted by HRC President Alphonso David, Sanford Biggers, HRC Board Chair Jodie Patterson, Margaret Russell, Amy Sherald and Lorna Simpson. Every dollar raised at this event will directly assist HRC Equality Votes SuperPAC, HRC’s fundraising effort to mobilize voters and elect pro-equality candidates this November.
Over 45 well-known artists are donating work including Donald Baechler, Sanford Biggers, Chris Bogia, Deborah Buck, Zoë Buckman, Bisa Butler, Max Colby, Damien Davis, Vaginal Davis, Lesley Dill, Jack Early, Skylar Fein, Anthony Goicolea, Isca Greenfield-Sanders, Martine Gutierrez, Gordon Hall, Nicholas Howey, Judith Hudson, Jane Kaplowitz, Alex Katz, Louise Lawler, Glenn Ligon, Phoenix Lindsey-Hall, Kalup Linzy, Osborne Macharia, Patrick Martinez, Gio Black Peter, Kenneth Pietrobono, William Powhida, Jason Revo
Human Rights Campaign Foundation Announces “Artists for Equality” Auction to Support Operate Advancing Transgender Rights
by Meghan Olson •
Online auction to take place between September 30 - October 14, featuring artwork from Derrick Adams, Cassils, Anthony Goicolea, Isca Greenfield-Sanders, Deborah Kass, Cindy Sherman, Kiki Smith and more.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC Foundation) — the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, multi-attracted , transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization — announced the launch of “Artists for Equality,” an online art auction on Artsy taking place between September 30 - October 14, Every dollar raised from this event will directly support HRC Foundation’s efforts to advance rights for transgender people -- in schools, workplaces, healthcare settings and beyond. This work includes our Trans Justice Initiative (TJI) which leads economic empowerment programs, capacity-building initiatives, community engagement efforts and public security education campaigns to combat the discrimination faced by transgender people.
Works by more than 33 well-known artists will be for sale, incl
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