Critical Writing Index

Art of the Moment, Here to Stay

by Roberta Smith

The New York Times, Feb. 15, 1998, pp. 37,38

This article provides an overview of the steady rise and long reach of video art, as underscored by the Bill Viola exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art and other prominent exhibitions that focus on video art.

ITEM 1998.008 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Climbing Around My RoomLucy Gunning

10 to 16; 60-minute SilenceGillian Wearing

Dial H-i-s-t-o-r-yJohan Grimonprez

NirvanaMariko Mori

I'm Not the Girl Who Misses MuchPipilotti Rist

HeadCheryl Donegan

Bill Viola

Buzz Club, MysteryworldReineke Dijkstra

Untitled Fall '95Alex Bag

Monster SketchDouglas Gordon

Der Lauf der Dinge (The Way Things Go)Peter Fischli and David Weiss

Untitled :ClothesMark Dickenson

CremasterMatthew Barney

D'EstChantal Akerman

Pent-upSam Taylor-Wood

Snow-White LuciePierre Huyghe

Chalk ConfessionsJohnna MacArthur

ChinaDiana Thater

Jump FenceAlfred Hernandez