Critical Writing Index

Boy, You're Lovin': Art education creates artists who believe that they don't have to work very hard to make something of immeasurable value

by Emily Vey Duke

A questioning of what is missing from contemporary art, and how we can do it better.

"...it embodies so much of what I feel is missing in contemporary art discourse. It's unflinching, openly narcissistic, candid to the point of embarassment, and it's about things that really matter: suffering, empathy, art and the greater good."

ITEM 2005.108 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay

Miranda July

Shirin Nehat

Althea Thauberger

Eija-Liissa Ahtila