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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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The Century Hit Puberty: Selected Essays 2010-2014

The Century Hit Puberty: Selected Essays 2010-2014

Gleason, Mat

Paperback

Art Criticism & Theory

ISBN10: 1502808749
ISBN13: 9781502808745
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Aug 4 2015
Pages: 166
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.38 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
Mat Gleason is my favorite contrarian on the LA art scene: blunt but humane, the proverbial drill sergeant with a heart of gold. Mat knows a whole lot, and cares deeply about what's going on around him, so that even when I disagree with him-roughly 30% of the time-I admire that he's typically seasoned his point with some caustic humor, along with a barb or two at an ample cross-section of the art world's sacred cows. His writing is the antithesis of the jargon-heavy academic theorizing that passes too often for art criticism, and having first read many of these short essays online, I am thoroughly gratified to reaffirm that not once over the past five years did I inadvertently get on his bad side!-Dan CameronOMG. I have never met anyone with whom I agreed so wholeheartedly and disagreed so emphatically. One minute he says things that make me feel like I've met my soul mate, and the next I want to pop him in the nose. Because inside Mat Gleason is both a mushy idealist and a cynic and...well, it's good I don't have to live with him. His characterization of Dennis Hopper suits Mat as well: ...a work of art, perpetually and insatiably seeking to possess multiple meanings and cash them in to indulge in every experience under the sun.--Carol Diehl

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