Barry Schwabsky

Art Critic

Barry Schwabsky is the art critic of The Nation.

Her Wild Entire: On Dorothea Tanning Her Wild Entire: On Dorothea Tanning

The brilliant revelations and transformations of Dorothea Tanning.

Feb 18, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Evasive Action Painter: On Gerhard Richter Evasive Action Painter: On Gerhard Richter

Gerhard Richter's abstract paintings are miraculously controlled accidents.

Jan 14, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

How Soon Was Now? How Soon Was Now?

The death, and afterlife, of the Polaroid.

Dec 23, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

The Resistance of Painting: On Abstraction The Resistance of Painting: On Abstraction

To speak of a movement of abstractionists would be a contradiction in terms, like speaking of a church of atheists.

Dec 16, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

A Makeshift World: On Thomas Demand A Makeshift World: On Thomas Demand

For the photographer Thomas Demand, Germany is like any other country because it is haunted by history.

Oct 21, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Letters Letters

Deadline Poet Hits Bull's-Eye Upper Marlboro, Md.

Oct 21, 2009 / Our Readers and Barry Schwabsky

Fever Charts: On Jack Tworkov Fever Charts: On Jack Tworkov

Jack Tworkov's writings wrestle with the figures of Abstract Expressionism and his own lost illusions.

Sep 23, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Beyond Exhaustion: Dan Graham’s Period Pieces Beyond Exhaustion: Dan Graham’s Period Pieces

Does the art of Dan Graham and his disciples promise deceptive simplicity or formulaic thinking?

Aug 26, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Hubbub and Stillness: The 2009 Venice Biennale Hubbub and Stillness: The 2009 Venice Biennale

The funky chaos of the 2009 Venice Biennale.

Jul 1, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

A Million Little Pictures: The Pictures Generation Revisited A Million Little Pictures: The Pictures Generation Revisited

Do images understand us, the Pictures generation asked, more than we understand them?

May 13, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

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