Modern Painters

CAMILO FUENTEALBALETTER // JUNE/JULYSCOTT INDRISEK, EDITOR IN CHIEF``````of clothing designed by the artist. Camil curated this motley assortment of donateditems—stuffed dogs and dog-eared books, Obama T-shirts, mannequin hands—into a sculptural installation, mimicking a retail display, that was further renewedby additional exchange days.́$3RWIRUD/DWFKμZDVWKXVLQDVWDWHRIÁX[\RXFRXOGYLVLWLWSHULRGLFDOO\checking up on what had changed, what had remained the same. There wassomething undeniably innocent and inspiring about this project, which I beganWRZLVKPLJKWMXVWFRQWLQXHIRUHYHUDQDEVXUGLVWOHQGLQJOLEUDU\RIFRQWHQWDQGPHDQLQJ(YHU\QRZDQGWKHQWKHDUWZRUOGKDSSLO\SURYLGHVWKHVHTXDVLXWRSLDQPRPHQWVDUHPLQGHUWKDWSUHYDLOLQJSHVVLPLVPDVLGHWKHHQGJRDOLVQRWPHUHO\WRSURYLGHVKLQ\WULQNHWVIRUWKHSHUFHQWWhile we can’t always promise utopia, plenty of reasons to feel good aboundin this issue—starting with the charming Carmen Herrera, who has a major show atthe Whitney Museum in New York this fall, after she spent decades painting, andpainting, and painting, without major institutional recognition. While she alwaysZDQWHGDFDUHHU+HUUHUD·VPRWLYDWLRQVZHUHQHYHUFDUHHULVW'LWWR1HZ=HDODQG·V6XVDQ7H.DKXUDQJL.LQJ³SURÀOHGLQWKLVLVVXHE\'DQ1DGHO³ZKRVHLQWHQVHDQGsingular drawings seem born of idiosyncratic necessity. King, too, gets lauded this\HDUZLWKKHUÀUVWPXVHXPH[KLELWLRQRSHQLQJDWICA Miami in July. And just tryQRWWRFUDFNDVPLOHZKHQUHDGLQJQHZO\DSSRLQWHGH[HFXWLYHHGLWRU5DFKHO&RUEHWW·VLQWHUYLHZZLWK0DUWLQ&UHHG+RZHYHU\RXIHHODERXWFDFWXVVFXOSWXUHVJDOOHULHVIXOORIEDOORRQVRUSHRSOHXSFKXFNLQJRQWKHÁRRULW·VLPSRVVLEOHWRGHQ\WKDWWKHDUWLVWKDVVXFFHHGHGLQKLVVWDWHGJRDOFRXQWHULQJWKHLQKHUHQWERUHGRPRIHYHU\GD\OLIHI brought a painting my late father made tothe New Museum and left with a sweatshirt.Under ordinary circumstances this wouldKDYHVHHPHGOLNHDFUXPP\GHDOEXWWKHoccasion was a project by Pia Camil, titled́$3RWIRUD/DWFKμ6WUDQJHUVZHUHLQYLWHGWREULQJDORQJVRPHWKLQJRIYDOXHDQGLQWXUQZHUHJLYHQDOLPLWHGHGLWLRQSLHFH22 MODERN PAINTERS JUNE/JULY 2016BLOUINARTINFO.COMCarmen Herrera withScott Indrisek, 2016.