Art
The Problems and Pleasures of an Activist Art Exhibition
I am often skeptical of protest art behind glass, yet I still cannot deny the pleasure of experiencing politically charged artworks in a venue making the effort.
Carlos Martiel
Sponsored
Announcement
Carlos Martiel Performs Live in the Guggenheim’s Rotunda
The artist will perform “Monumento II,” a site-specific installation about invisible power structures, during extended museum hours on the evening of November 10.
Art
From Marina Abramović to Carlos Martiel, a Tradition of Self-Harm in Performance Art
Nearly five decades since Chris Burden and Marina Abramović began their explorations, an emerging crop of artists are re-envisioning artistic self-harm in both methodology and intent.
Art
In One Artist's Body, the Legacies of Continental Trauma
Carlos Martiel continues his gripping, often devastating explorations of bodies marked by history, culture, and place with a performance at Y Gallery.
Art
I’d Prefer Not To: 'Enacting Stillness' at The 8th Floor
Overall, the work in Enacting Stillness suggests that, contrary to some of the grander claims made about art’s political efficacy, most art intervenes in the world in a more limited, but no less essential, way.