Nicholas Gamso
Nicholas Gamso is a regular contributor to e-flux, frieze, and Art Monthly, and his book, Art After Liberalism, was published by Columbia University Press.
Two films imagine life on the LES, past and present, drawing on Franz Kafka and Bertolt Brecht. They build on Beloff’s longstanding collaboration with Wooster Group performers like Kate Valk. Together, the films query the relation of art and politics—how art can replenish community life, but also distract us and put us at odds with one another.
Reading the May 2017 issue of the Brooklyn Rail, I was surprised to find an article arguing that the New Deal “lives on” in New York City.