instead i went to the hessel. second thoughts by the first year graduate students remarking on a higgs exhibition entitled, Exhibitionism (October 20, 2007 – February 3, 2008) rooms re-entilted by crossing out original names, reconfigured. easy example, the unmonumental room, with a few john bock paper collages and some saul fletchers, and you get the idea. the next room over, a low hanging 5x5-ish photograph of a bed, horizon line and chroma, distinct. thought it a sarah jones. is instead, one of her students. second thoughts on this becomes an art historical conversation. the practice of art schooling dating back was taught by copying. today, still, students come into the Met or the Louvre and set down easels and study the masters, as did Cezanne with Poussin's works. in contemporary art, is this still acceptable? i would say no. its too tense a market. art school focuses on the individual as does contemporary society. As Roberta Smith highlights in an August 19, 2005 New York Times review, "...the challenge facing any young artist, which might be put bluntly: if you're not after some sort of originality, get out of the kitchen."


Sarah Jones
The Consulting Room (Couch) (XXI),1998
c-type print mounted on aluminum
59 x 59 inches
Courtesy Anton Kern Gallery, NY