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Stephanie Harris
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No Use of You Running: Christopher Williams at Zwirner
by Stephanie Harris February 12, 2011
Both aspects of the work aim to impress us with their insensitivity: the artless polish of the images offends our taste while the caption’s conceptual commitment wears us out. When their marriage comes into focus the room begins to feel claustrophobic.
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Frankenstein’s Anti-Pop, Cultish Social Form: Bruce Conner at Film Forum
by Stephanie Harris November 11, 2010
Eventually, Conner grew apathetic of amassing praise for his assemblage work and returned to an early love of cinema. In 1958, friend and filmmaker Larry Jordan taught Conner how to splice film. Unable to afford a camera or film stock, he salvaged several hundred feet of “used” newsreel, instructional film, commercial stock and narrative features at a photography shop. What came of those reels thrust him deeper into the art-world limelight and made a lasting impact on American experimental film.
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Later for Others: Danh Vo at Artists Space
by Stephanie Harris September 25, 2010
The sheer curtains concealing both windows and walls – reveal, upon closer inspection, flowers embroidered in some of the fabric.
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