Sergej Jensen, Unititled 2010, stained and dyed sewn fabrics, 122 x 118 inches (Courtesy Anton Kern Gallery))
The must read follow up to Raphael Rubinstein's influential essay "Provisional Painting."
Starting with James Lord's observations of Giacometti's intense process, a process that ended in abandonment, Rubinstein tests the theory of "provisional painting," asking: "What does it mean to believe that in order to create a work of art one must entertain the 'permanent possibility' of abandoning and to believe that something called 'freedom' inheres in this situation?"
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Art in America