Still, I sometimes listen. Fast forward one last time, closer to the present. At last abstract artists admitted to mere meaning, but at the expense of no longer admitting to abstraction. More time has passed, quotation has come and gone and suffered quotation. Neo Geo has given way to Neo Neo .
Difference can again create meaning from signifiers, amid loss of faith in the politics of meaning.
My Web site has been fortunate to touch on painters who continue simply painting, such as Chris Haub or Alison Raimes , and those who do not, such as Briget Riley or Peter Halley . I might call that typical now, like pleading for small mercies. In one case, though, I could also call it fun. A comfortable walk from Manhattan, over the Brooklyn Bridge, or across Cadman Plaza from Brooklyn's wealthiest real estate, it seems to have everything. In practice, it has city crackdowns in zoning, lousy subway service, soaring citywide real estate values, and construction blocking use of the park by the old ferry landing.