{"id":4658,"date":"2008-06-19T15:25:39","date_gmt":"2008-06-19T15:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewobjectivity.com\/KAPLANTEST\/?post_type=exhibitions&p=4658"},"modified":"2020-03-01T00:15:26","modified_gmt":"2020-03-01T00:15:26","slug":"not-so-subtle-subtitle-curated-by-matthew-brannon","status":"publish","type":"exhibitions","link":"https:\/\/thenewobjectivity.com\/KAPLANTEST\/?exhibitions=not-so-subtle-subtitle-curated-by-matthew-brannon","title":{"rendered":"Not So Subtle Subtitle, curated by Matthew Brannon"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re sitting at a sidewalk caf\u00e9 drinking espresso and ignoring our day jobs. He had just finished curating a group exhibition across town and he was telling me how he came to make certain decisions. Saying more about what he didn’t do than what he did. Making excuses and apologizing [his not so subtle way of asking for praise] for this or that choice. Contradicting himself with every word. How he of course never attempted to illustrate or reveal or explain. And that he never used the word \u201csharing.\u201d That he flirted with the obvious, but was equally embarrassed at his attempts at transgression. How with every show he only thinks of how he would do it the next time. Telling me how in the end he could reduce his desire as a curator to having people considering him smart.<\/em><\/p>\n

What was I supposed to say? I\u2019m listening and I\u2019m interested, but I\u2019m distracted by these two much younger and very good-looking but out of place girls at the next table. They\u2019re talking about adjectives they hate. About who should\u2019ve have written which novel. What they\u2019re doing tonight. I can\u2019t stand how aroused I become. I\u2019m feeling awful that I\u2019m so old, but accepting that one-day we all have to decide. I\u2019d seen my friends\u2019 show and knew it was good. Better than most up at the time but agreed it was severely flawed by it\u2019s own pretentious attempts at being casual when everything in it was so hyper considered. I suggest that we go see the show at Kasey Caplan Gallery, which only has like twenty or more of our favourite artists in it and was almost certain to be the topic of tonight\u2019s conversation. As we get up, the screech of our chairs succeeds in getting the girls attention where our conversation had failed.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Casey Kaplan is pleased to present \u201cNot So Subtle Subtitle\u201d a group show of twenty-six artists considered by Matthew Brannon. The show takes two forms: one along the walls and one in the form of a book. We encourage you to take your time and to revisit.<\/p>\n

[Written by Matthew Brannon, Long Island, June 7, 2008] <\/em><\/p>\n

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