Some Thoughts on Concrete Occasions

James Elkins

...What happens when work is revealed as religious?

This exhibition raises questions that I have not seen raised in any other exhibition. By stating that the artists are all practicing Christians, Castleman produces an unusual kind of interpretive challenge. Let me consider the effects of the statement — which I assume is reliable, because I trust Dayton — that these artists are all committed to their faith....

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