Liberating the World with Silliness and Art Criticism

Sample some of Ken Johnson's recent art criticism in the New York Times.

On the Fluxus show at NYU (see Nam June Paik's Zen for TV at right):

"You could think of Fluxus as an international, utopian conspiracy to alter the world’s collective consciousness in favor of noncompetitive fun and games and other peaceable and pleasurable pursuits. Their weapons of choice were feeble jokes, verbal and visual puns, satiric publications and instructions for absurd performances. Bypassing the commercial gallery system, Fluxus novelties were meant to be sold cheaply by mail and in artist-run stores." More.

Other recent reviews include "Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties" at the Brooklyn Museum, and the Print Fair at the Park Avenue Armory.

Johnson speaks at UAlbany on Monday, Nov. 7.