All art comes from other art, and all immigrants come from other places. Jerry Saltz artimmigrantplace Change image and share on social
I like that the art world isn't regulated. Jerry Saltz artregulateworld Change image and share on social
Just as Pollock used the drip to meld process and product, Richter 'found' and used the smudge and the blur to ravish the eye, creating works of psychic and physical power. Jerry Saltz blurcreatedrip Change image and share on social
The price of a work of art has nothing to do with what the work of art is, can do, or is worth on an existential, alchemical level. Jerry Saltz alchemicalartexistential Change image and share on social
Art is changing. Again. Here. Now. Opportunities to witness this are rare, so attend and observe. Jerry Saltz artattendchange Change image and share on social
Yes, 85 percent of the art you see isn't any good. But everyone has a different opinion about which 85 percent is bad. That in turn creates fantastically unstable interplay and argument. Jerry Saltz argumentartbad Change image and share on social
John Currin's exaggerated realism and his twisted women kept me off balance, never knowing if they were sincere or ironic or some new emotion. Jerry Saltz balancecurrinemotion Change image and share on social
Galleries needn't be exactly like White Columns purely because times are bad again. But the idea of this special space could - should - help shape what comes next. Jerry Saltz badcolumngallery Change image and share on social
Pictures artists staged their own images or copied or cut out others already in existence. The viewer took them in separately, in sometimes paradoxical waves: an original image, then the manipulations of it, then the places where image and idea intersected. This created a crucial perceptual glitch that irony and understanding filled. Jerry Saltz artistcopycreate share on social
The alchemy of good curating amounts to this: Sometimes, placing one work of art near another makes one plus one equal three. Two artworks arranged alchemically leave each intact, transform both, and create a third thing. Jerry Saltz alchemicallyalchemyamount share on social