A very insightful review of Frederick Wiseman's fascinating films by @mmogi.bsky.social. Have to go and watch his early works now!

Mark Krotov@markkrotov.bsky.social · 3mo ago

@mmogi.bsky.social, urban critic par excellence, does the impossible and gives shape to Frederick Wiseman’s remarkable oeuvre, attending with equal precision to the work and the many institutions chronicled within. Film criticism? Social theory? Why choose! www.nplusonemag.com/issue-53/rev...

I watched at least 60 hours of Frederick Wiseman films in the last year and you can, too! Or read what I wrote about them and the structure of stories about states in the new issue of @nplusonemag.com www.nplusonemag.com/issue-53/rev...

Looking Like a State | Mariana Mogilevich

As much as we may want their subjects to be actors in the historical sense, there are no individuals; there is only society, plainly laid out for us to see. There are always “characters,” but their si...

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As institutions retrofitted themselves to house Richard Serra’s massive steel forms, this piece shows how his work transitioned from confrontational public interventions to museum-bound monuments. By @mmogi.bsky.social in @nplusonemag.com buff.ly/DKEQjUA

Man About Town | Mariana Mogilevich

Perceptive critics noted early on that Serra’s sculpture only made sense in relation to its time and place and gave meaning only to those specific conditions against which it unfolded. Serra insisted…

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In other news: I wrote about the space Richard Serra takes up. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...

Man About Town | Mariana Mogilevich

Perceptive critics noted early on that Serra’s sculpture only made sense in relation to its time and place and gave meaning only to those specific conditions against which it unfolded. Serra insisted ...

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