The Blurring of Art and Design: The Gagosian Store’s Appropriation of Fashion
The Gagosian, perhaps one of the most famous and respected purveyors of contemporary art in New York City, has fully facilitated the wealthy fashionista by opening a boutique to sell wares distributed with dubious intentionality. Posted in gilt letters on the store front windows of the Gagosian shop, in Manhattan, are these adjectives: Popular, Transient, Expendable, Low Cost, Mass Produced, Young, Witty, Sexy, Gimmicky, Glamorous, Big Business. Granted these adjectives are posted under a title “Pop Art”, but as labels, they certainly are descriptors as to what lie inside: the sale of faux fine art trinkets.
Matthew Ritchie: Line Shot at Andrea Rosen
by Hanah Mishin
Matthew Ritchie’s latest exhibition, Line Shot at Andrea Rosen Gallery is nothing less than pure production. The installation at Andrea Rosen is meant to define the video projection as the thesis of the exhibition.