Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Haim Steinbach talks to Tim Griffin

TIM GRIFFIN: In that famous 1986 Flash Art roun-table, "From Criticism to Complicity," you distinguished yourself from the "Pictures" generation with respect to your interest in "desire." How did you mean that?

HAIM STEINBACH: First of all, that panel came out of nowhere. The Flash Art people picked a few artists and set up the symposium at Pat Hearn Gallery. Maybe a week before it happened, somebody at the magazine, or at the gallery, called me and said they were organizing this discussion and asked if I were interested. I said a lot of things that evening I still believe; but there are some things I didn't say and should have. In that kind of situation, there's always a moment …

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