Matthew L. McAlpin

MATTHEW L. MCALPIN is a literary critic and contributing writer for the Brooklyn Rail.
If Joseph Kosuth’s latest exhibition works, it works as installation; if not, then a labyrinth into which I can venture is at best a retrospective of a historically intriguing, though no-longer-relevant artist.
Joesph Kosuth, detail of “Mondrian’s Work II” (2006). Silkscreen on glass. 96 1/4"× 92". Photography: Tei Carpenter.Courtesy of Sean Kelly Gallery.
The subject of John Brill’s current exhibition—photographs he took as a child—might seem like an exercise in nostalgia. That it isn’t is as much a credit to his eight-year-old-self’s sense of composition as it is to Brill’s virtuoso printing technique.
John Brill, “Bad Memory Untitled # 732-16” (2004–2006). Toned Silver Gelatin Print. Courtesy of Kent Gallery.

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