Just over a hundred words into “‘Jesus’ Saves,” his review of the New Museum’s Generational for New York Magazine, Jerry Saltz delivers a eulogy for my undergraduate class (MICA, ‘02):
It’s a cool school, admired by jargon-wielding academics who write barely readable rhetoric explaining why looking at next to nothing is good for you. Many of these artists have sold a lot of work, and most will be part of a lost generation. They thought they were playing the system; it turned out that they were themselves being played.Saltz has hope for the new kids on the block. Maybe he’s right, but do note that we’re younger than Jesus, too.
+ ‘Jesus’ Saves (Jerry Saltz, NY Magazine)
+ Young Artists, Caught in the Act (Holland Cotter, NYT)
Ryan Trecartin video still courtesy of the New Museum, the artist, and Elizabeth Dee, New York
