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David Carrier

David Carrier’s most recent books are Art Writing Online: The State of the Art World and Philosophical Skepticism as the Subject of Art: Maria Bussmann’s Drawings. His book In Caravaggio’s Shadow: Naples as a Work of Art is forthcoming. 

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How Can Museums Break Away From White Privilege?

by David Carrier February 27, 2022February 25, 2022

Following cogent survey of the modern art museum’s history, The Art Museum in Modern Times turns to a challenging discussion of the present problems of modern museums.

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Philosophy of Aesthetics That’s Actually Fun to Read

by David Carrier February 3, 2022February 3, 2022

Lydia Goehr’s Red Sea–Red Square–Red Thread is so ambitious, so original, so detailed, and so poetic that it transcends mere commentary and becomes itself a distinguished contribution to philosophy.

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Boris Lurie’s Search for Historical Truth in Trauma

by David Carrier January 26, 2022January 27, 2022

What’s difficult, perhaps impossible, to show in art is the experience of what passes beyond all comprehension.

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The Magnificent Abstractions of Alma Thomas

by David Carrier January 12, 2022January 12, 2022

Thomas was a major artist who in her lifetime was unjustly denied the acclaim she merited. This show is a brave beginning.

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The Transcendent Power of Black in Norman Lewis’s Abstractions

by David Carrier January 5, 2022January 5, 2022

For Lewis, a first-generation Abstract Expressionist, working with black seemed to open up his art.

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A Philosopher-Painter for Troubled Times

by David Carrier December 30, 2021December 30, 2021

Judith Bernstein is a great artist whose boldly original paintings forcefully respond to the troubled life of our present culture.

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Rethinking Kandinsky

by David Carrier December 23, 2021December 23, 2021

The problem with many of Kandinsky’s abstractions is that they don’t offer enough immediate visual information to “crack” his expressive code for color and form.

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Does A Pairing With Warhol Do Marisol Any Favors?

by David Carrier December 9, 2021December 9, 2021

Does an attempt to lift up the art of Marisol backfire?

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Ron Gorchov’s Art of the Here and Now

by David Carrier October 28, 2021November 2, 2021

Gorchov is an artist whose best pieces are purely aesthetic and totally present, here and now.

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How War Shaped Afghanistan’s Weaving Traditions

by David Carrier September 30, 2021September 30, 2021

With Afghanistan’s “war rugs” a traditional art form was updated in response to the country’s brutal invasions by other nations.

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Tomashi Jackson Rediscovers Long Island’s Beleaguered Past

by David Carrier September 15, 2021September 21, 2021

Jackson’s exhibition The Land Claim began an extensive dialogue with local Indigenous, Black, and Latinx families on Long Island’s East End.

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In Henry Taylor’s Paintings, the Past Bleeds Into the Present

by David Carrier July 31, 2021July 30, 2021

Taylor’s paintings emphasize that golf and horse racing, though once exclusively activities for privileged white men, depended on the support of men who were almost invariably Black.

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