99 Ways to Paint Snow

In this post
Jason F.
(who works in the A.I.C. Prints & Drawings Dept.
as well as edits the art section of New City)
takes us on a tour
of the minimalist white paintings
in the Modern Wing.


And taking a hint
once suggested by Salvador Dali,
I wonder
whether
we might just as well
be looking at the
white painted walls
behind the frames.

Jason quotes from
Boris Groys
and concludes that:
"It has everything to do with artistic intention and strategy,
and that is an agreed upon reference for people who like art."

It's just that
I'm not one of them
who agrees.

On further research,
I discover that
many of these white pieces
were introduced into the museum
in the 73rd Annual
American Exhibition in 1979
along with extensive explanatory text
that seems quite different
from Groys' notion of
"strategic dis-communication or even self-excommunication"


Many thanks to Jason
for introducing
some serious thought
into the A.I.C's
mostly frivolous blog.