Reading reviews by the late author Gary Indiana during the second half of the 1980s, I figured the guy was a lunatic, to be honest. Vituperation and vendetta marked his tenure as art critic of The Village Voice, from 1985 to 1989 — alongside viperish wit and deadly-stiletto targeted prose. That’s why I never missed reading his column.Continue reading “AGAINST NOSTALGIA: Gary Indiana’s Unsentimental Journey”
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Book Review: Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring by Brad Gooch
Leaving my office job one evening in early 1982, I descended the stairway into the Lexington Avenue E train station and spotted a young man furiously chalking up the blank black surface that (temporarily) covered an empty billboard. I immediately recognized Keith Haring; his graffiti-inspired subway drawings were attracting attention all around Manhattan, and heContinue reading “Book Review: Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring by Brad Gooch”
Mark Coleman 