Article: "The risk of existence.".(paintings, various artists, Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, New York)

For an artist, orchestrating a salon around your own most recent work is a traditional act of hubris that dates to the eighteenth century. It's also contemporary practice, a way to indulge the fantasy of imposing order on the world, charting your own ancestry of deceased influences, associating yourself with jeunesse doree art stars, and colonizing the efforts of steadfast under-knowns. Such a show always entails diplomacy and self-aggrandizement, involving returned favors, deep pockets, deeper flights of fancy, and an ability to wrestle with your own demons. Such a show also solves the problem of what to exhibit if, like Mark Greenwold, the curator of "The Risk of ...

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