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This series aims to deal with two inter-related aspects of painting—the current social status of painting itself and “larger” issues of temporality and loss. 1. While painting is not dead it is in a semi-permanent crisis—which has led to the … Continue reading →

By Adam Turl  Avant Gardes, Dada and the Cultural Condition of Capitalism From the 19th century through the third quarter of the 20th century there was an increasingly rapid succession of innovations in art—or at least the European conception of … Continue reading →

Expanded from the “Iconoclastic Controversies” artist’s statement in November 2011 By Adam Turl  In its origins art (like all human activity) is ultimately rooted in material conditions—the struggle to meet basic material needs and thereafter to organize the surplus (wealth) … Continue reading →

By Adam Turl   Statement from “Iconoclastic Controversies” exhibit   In its origins art (like all human activity) is ultimately rooted in material conditions—the struggle to meet basic material needs and thereafter to organize the surplus (wealth) created by collective … Continue reading →