OBJECTS IN THIS MIRROR

Objects in This Mirror is a collection of essays on contemporary art, literature, landscape, aesthetics, and cultural history. Begin ning with a polemical and personal defense of generalism and curiosity, Brian Dillon explores the variety of themes it is possible t oday to corral within the rubric of the critical essay. These pieces engage with the work of such artists as Tacita Dean, Gerard Byr ne, Andy Warhol, and Sophie Calle/ with the ruinous territories that haunt the work of Robert Smithson and Derek Jarman/ with the am biguous ...[Read more]