Subscribe
Search
ePaper
Newsletters
Subscribe
ePaper
Newsletters
Art market
Museums & heritage
Exhibitions
Books
Podcasts
Columns
Technology
Adventures with Van Gogh
Art market
Museums & heritage
Exhibitions
Books
Podcasts
Columns
Technology
Adventures with Van Gogh
Search
The Buck stopped here
blog

The Buck Stopped Here: 'Post-Art' and verbal pyrotechnics at the Italian Cultural Institute

Louisa Buck
30 March 2016
Share
The Buck stopped here

The Buck stopped here is a blog by our contemporary art correspondent Louisa Buck covering the hottest events and must-see exhibitions in London and beyond

Gregor Muir may be recently returned from the travails of a monsoon-drenched Hong Kong, but the ICA’s supremo was firing on all verbal cylinders at the Italian Cultural Institute in London last night (30 March). Muir sang the praises of “Asian dematerialization and decentralization”, before declaring, “it’s discombobulating, I love it!” In the process he also coined the new term of “Post-Art,” which he declared to be the potential product of a global mid-twentieth century “where art will dissolve and meet other areas of production.”

The occasion for this animated outpouring was a panel discussion in the stately surroundings of the Italian Cultural Institute in Belgrave Square, which is currently housing an exhibition of the richly enigmatic paintings of Turin artist Manuele Cerutti. Fellow Torinese Eugenio Re Rebaudengo, founder of the online art platform Artuner, organised the show. And Signore Cerutti showed himself to be no slouch in the vocabulary department either, introducing the audience—or this member at least—to the term “Proprioception”, which is both the title of the show and also describes the body’s innate ability to perceive movement and sense its placement within space without having consciously to look. A quality that was apparently much explored by column-dwelling Syrian hermits of old, and will no doubt come in very handy when experiencing Muir’s frenetic Post-Art sensory meltdown.

The Buck stopped here
Share
Subscribe to The Art Newspaper’s digital newsletter for your daily digest of essential news, views and analysis from the international art world delivered directly to your inbox.
Newsletter sign-up
Information
About
Contact
Cookie policy
Data protection
Privacy policy
Frequently Asked Questions
Subscription T&Cs
Terms and conditions
Advertise
Sister Papers
Sponsorship policy
Follow us
Facebook
Instagram
YouTube
LinkedIn
© The Art Newspaper