In her performance, Fraser plays the role of male feminists, both empathizing with them and exposing their failure to empathize with the goals of the Women’s Movement.
Andrea Fraser
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How the Museum Is Like a Prison
The Walls Turned Sideways exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston implicates the museum as existing in the same landscape of money and power as the prison.
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The Art Object as Institutional Critique
The artists in Décor urge viewers to question the creator’s role in the management and presentation of art.
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Andrea Fraser Considers the Role of Artists and Institutions in the Rise of Right-Wing Populism
Eschewing the divisive polarization that has characterized much contemporary political discourse, Fraser examines the role that left-leaning artists and institutions may have played.
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When Great Art Makes You LOL
Is funny art actually funny? The answer, as we see it, is a rousing chorus of “it depends.”
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When Institutional Critique Doesn’t Go Far Enough
First let me tell you what it’s like to be here.
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In New Orleans, an Exhibition Shines on the Surface
NEW ORLEANS — Gather enough bling in one gallery and the concentration of visual stimuli will overwhelm the need for a clear or convincing curatorial framework.
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Could a Long-Forgotten Contract Settle the Artist Resale Royalties Debate?
With a group show simply titled The Contract, the Lower East Side gallery Essex Street encourages us to consider an old proposition: the “Artist’s Reserved Rights Transfer and Sale Agreement” by the pioneering dealer of conceptual art Seth Siegelaub and the lawyer Robert Projansky.
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Films in 60 Seconds: Just Another Modern Monday
On Monday, September 30, the Museum of Modern Art opened another season of its Modern Monday series with a selection of screenings from the recently defunct One Minute Film Fest.
