Well I still need to do ruthless editing though feel that I am making some progress. I’ve written about beauty and objects and am intending to start on the artist and viewer today. Once that is drafted I’ll have three of my five chapters-wow only the body and space to go…
An interesting thing I’ve noticed, although the written/theory side does prevent me from the practical making of work, it really does help make some sense of the tangled web of thoughts in my head. Also it is helping me to get a better feel for where my practice may be located amongst the myriad of contemporary practices
So here’s to a deep breath and back into ‘Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st Century’ New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York- great photographs and essays on contemporary practice