{"id":1206,"date":"2012-03-09T11:52:44","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T11:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedorseypost.com\/?p=1206"},"modified":"2012-03-09T14:10:09","modified_gmt":"2012-03-09T14:10:09","slug":"art-as-alien-virus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedorseypost.com\/?p=1206","title":{"rendered":"Art as alien virus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1207\" style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/03\/09\/arts\/design\/armory-show-modern-and-contemporary-at-piers-92-and-94.html?hp\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1207\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1207  \" title=\"armory show\" src=\"https:\/\/thedorseypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/armory-show.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"566\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedorseypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/armory-show.jpg 566w, https:\/\/thedorseypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/armory-show-300x289.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Armory Show, 2012<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some fun, big-picture reflections on the current Armory Show can be found today from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/03\/09\/arts\/design\/armory-show-modern-and-contemporary-at-piers-92-and-94.html?hp\" target=\"_blank\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>, starting with the idea that art is an intelligent virus that propogates itself through the work of artists, without any clear indication of why. That sounds just about right. And a nice passage on how the resurgence of painting hasn&#8217;t slowed down:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">There is a ton of painting here, and it is all over the place in stylistic terms, from the postcard size, photorealist pictures of nondescript suburban homes, stores and roadside signs by Mike Bayne at Mulherin to the big, colorful, Pop-Expressionist canvases of Bjarne Melgaarde at Greene Naftali. Painting is far from dead; it just does not feel the need to progress linearly, and that is a good thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Some fun, big-picture reflections on the current Armory Show can be found today from the New York Times, starting with the idea that art is an intelligent virus that propogates itself through the work of artists, without any clear indication of why. That sounds just about right. 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