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Antony Gormley’s Aerial is unlike anything the artist has installed in this country and indeed does not have many direct precedents in his earlier practice. Aerial takes the form of a complex grid that derives its coordinates from the gallery that houses it, and while it completely fills the space, it is not a solid cube that we can only walk around; instead, Aerial is penetrable, both visually and physically.

Making a mark upon the world can be seen as an act of hubris or a frank recognition of the limits of unique inscription, depending upon one’s philosophical inclinations. Simon Hantaï (1922–2008) realized the latter in his painting after having disproven to himself the moral efficacy of the former.

Notations on Time is a group exhibition at a href= http://ishara.org target= _blank Ishara Art Foundation /a that explores the philosophical and p

We can find reconciliation and closure in poetry, despite the forces that engender grief and dispossession. Three new poetry collections refuse the binaries and amnesia that so often characterize American mourning.