Ben Street

Art Historian, Lecturer, Writer

Contemporary Art

Richard Serra Band. 2006 Weatherproof steel Overall: 12' 9" x 36' 5" x 71' 9 1/2" (3.9 x 11.1 x 21.9 m), plate: 2" (5.1 cm) thick Collection of the artist © 2007 Richard Serra Photo: Lorenz Kienzle

Richard Serra (Art Review, 2015)

29 October, 2015
Review of Richard Serra exhibition at Gagosian, London, 2015
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‘Enantiodromia’ at Fold Gallery, London (Art Review, 2014)

2 November, 2014
'Enantiodromia' at Fold Gallery, London (Art Review, 2014)
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Stuart Whipps (Art Review, 2013)

29 October, 2013
Review of Stuart Whipps at Flat Time House for Art Review
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Zombieland (Phoenix, Brighton, 2013)

12 February, 2013
‘Painting is dead’ is dead, and now we can move on and discuss what it is, exactly, that keeps painting alive, despite everything.
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Contemporary Art’s Language Problem (Big Red & Shiny Magazine, 2012)

16 October, 2012
It’s so easy to laugh, it’s so easy to hate: it takes guts to actually explain what the hell contemporary art is all about.
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Contemporary Art and Mannerism (Art:21, 2010)

16 February, 2010
Mannerism is the only pre-Impressionist “movement” that’s meant as an insult. It describes an art of high style and convoluted reference.
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Mark Wallinger’s ‘Russian Linesman’ (Art:21, 2009)

2 March, 2009
Great curatorship hides itself. The first rule of curating is you don’t talk about curating.