How is an artwork, conceived ahead of its time, protected from incomprehension and
projected into the future to reach receptive audiences? What does to" work hard for the …

Two things fascinated me above all else when I made, over three decades ago, the
acquaintance of George Kubler's TheShapeofTime; 1 a book that accompanied my way outofthelaboratoryandintothearchivesoftheh …

The work of Samuel Beckett and Francis Bacon has been identified as offering, within
literature and painting, this century's most graphic portrayals of what Bacon, in a resonant …

This chapter focuses on the work and life of digital artist Carla Gannis. Originally from North
Carolina, Gannis received Bachelor of Fine Arts a BFA from UNC Greensboro, and an MFA …

George Kubler was fully aware—and seemed to relish—that artists counted among the fans
of his famous 1962 book, The Shape of Time. 1 In “The Shape of Time Reconsidered,” an …

When it was first released in 1962, The Shape of Time presented a radically new approach
to the study of art history. Drawing upon new insights in fields such as anthropology and …

This article intervenes in current debate about medium by looking back to the 1960s, a
moment located on the cusp between medium-based and post-medium conceptions of art. It …

To glimpse the future of contemporary art, or at least a slice of that future, spend some time
at the X Initiative in Chelsea. Real time. The solo shows on view provide in-depth exposure …

Lawrence Alloway was my teacher—my mentor, really, in all of the profound senses of that
word—and it was Alloway who handed me my first copy of George Kubler's The Shape of …

Art In The Age Of… is published on the occasion of the eponymous yearlong cycle
presented at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam (23 January 2015–3 …