Joshua Shannon
On his book The Disappearance of Objects: New York Art and the Rise of the Postmodern City
Cover Interview of April 05, 2010
history /
new york city /
urbanism /
art history /
postmodernism /
oldenburg claes /
judd donald /
johns jasper /
rauschenberg robert /
Editor’s note
Originally, this interview ran on the Rorotoko cover page under the headline
“Art and the Changing Texture of Urban Life.”
We highlighted two quotes.
On the first page:
“The purpose of The Disappearance of Objects is to tell this important chapter of postwar art history, but especially to place that strange history back in the context of a city undergoing incredibly rapid change.”
On the second:
“Judd’s work is totally independent of reference and, at the same time, deeply influenced by the contemporary landscape.”