Artists are a good resource about other artists. Philosophy and cultural theory are also components which fuel my interpretations. Artists who reflect the moment and who go beyond accepted conceptual and formal disciplines are choice. For example, I believe painting has elaborated a historically important discourse and has strong meaning, yet in the context of a biennial which looks beyond the present and into the future, the discipline of painting is unrenovated. Video and photography are renovating painting.
Biennials are transgenerational and transnational and describe newly interconnected strategies.
The discourse that separates is over, and while the barriers are toppling, the artist s multiple modes of expression must be exhibited. Biennials are the most advanced arena for this expanded field precisely because they do not function like museums. Museums are temples for the preservation of memory where the art works are fetishized and displayed to create reverence and distance. In 1971, Dennis Oppenheim s work, Protection, blocked the entrance to the Metropolitan Museum with guard dogs to question the sanctity of museums. Today, structures have changed, and museums contain project rooms for contemporary installations that are less precious than the way you described.