“Art in the United States is a kind of visual entertainment focusing on expected narratives.” KindArtStatesUnitedUnited StatesEntertainmentExpectedNarrativeVisuals Author:Massimiliano Gioni
“There is a difference between a job and the promise of jobs, there is a difference between economic development and the promise of economic development.” JobsDifferencesEconomicDevelopmentPromiseEconomic Development Author:Robert D Bullard
“The sad thing is that somehow, it is a type of event that mirrors the artist. You take it into account, and you're reminded in this specific case what the artist's work is about, what his life is like, and how life mirrors art.” ArtLife IsArtistCasesEventsTypeAccountsMirrorsLife Is LikeSad Things Author:Massimiliano Gioni
“You witness the artists acting as witnesses, but they provide a point of view that's less monolithic. It's less official in a certain way. Many artists are speaking in the first person singular, as a reaction to dubbed-over media commentary. The thought is: "Enough with how we're represented by the media. Let me tell the story."” WayFirstsPersonsEnoughStoriesArtistCertainViewsActingMediaLet MePoint Of ViewReactionsWitnessOfficialsFirst PersonCommentary Author:Massimiliano Gioni
“Many of the artists are not pretending to have an objective point of view. They're revealing the subjectivity.” ArtistViewsPoint Of ViewObjectivesPretendingRevealingSubjectivity Author:Massimiliano Gioni
“In some Arab art exhibitions that have happened, there's always this idea that the East is more traditional; they show a lot of works on calligraphy and religion.” ArtIdeasShowsHappenedEastTraditionalExhibitionsCalligraphy Author:Massimiliano Gioni
“Maybe there are some traditional things, but they are more about the way the West packages the East.” WayWestEastTraditionalPackages Author:Massimiliano Gioni
“You can call it institutionalized racism or institutionalized inequality, but what I say is that any system that operates to maintain inequality is a corrupt system and must be addressed.” RacismInequality Author:Robert D Bullard
“When you start peeling the onion and uncovering layers and layers of inequity that have been subsidized by government, it makes a lot of people uncomfortable.” PeopleHas BeensGovernmentUncomfortableLayersOnionsPeelingUncovering Author:Robert D Bullard
“Declarations of war have never been a constitutional requirement for military action abroad.” WarActionMilitaryRequirementsDeclarationMilitary ActionDeclaration Of War Author:John Yoo