tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466314672723988836.post639780725673540532..comments2023-09-30T00:43:13.890-07:00Comments on The Current Season: Rashid Johnson's "Fly Away" at Hauser and Wirthmoderatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07653277482083573538noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466314672723988836.post-51861153504384267092016-09-22T21:40:31.211-07:002016-09-22T21:40:31.211-07:00I like how your review takes the viewer into the e...I like how your review takes the viewer into the experience of Johnson’s exhibition, which seems to trick the visitor into a sense of escape and freedom through aesthetically pleasing artworks. But there could be more clarity on what is it that the artist trying to say through his "carefully selected materials" (you mention race and instability, but that could be more specific). Maybe the second paragraph is a good moment to explain the meaning of the works.<br /><br />A detail that I noticed is that in the first sentence you use the terms “flora and fauna” but I’m not sure if that is right, unless there were any animals in the gallery.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14317683604304088952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466314672723988836.post-19231966969730300022016-09-22T21:36:44.273-07:002016-09-22T21:36:44.273-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14317683604304088952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466314672723988836.post-57659235199559625572016-09-21T09:25:14.320-07:002016-09-21T09:25:14.320-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15568267657644615579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466314672723988836.post-51888802651844324182016-09-21T09:25:05.800-07:002016-09-21T09:25:05.800-07:00This review gives us a strong sense of the work Ra...This review gives us a strong sense of the work Rashid Johnson brings to Hauser & Wirth. The descriptions of the work make me feel like I’m right there with you in the gallery, but I’d like to hear more about the “racial injustices and the instability of social structures”. I’d also like to hear about the shea butter sculptures and broken mirror pieces, in the room adjacent to the main prism of flora. The first and second sentences could maybe be switched. But that being said, they give us a good sense of what this show is about: escape, reality, and racial issues. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15568267657644615579noreply@blogger.com