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A collection of essays by American art critic Dave Hickey, nicknamed “The Bad Boy of Art Criticism.” When Dave Hickey was twelve, he rode the surfer’s dream: the perfect wave. And, like so many things in life we long for, it didn’t quite turn out—he shot the pier and dashed himself against the rocks of Sunset Cliffs in Ocean Beach, which nearly killed him. Hickey went on to develop a ...
Sep 5, 2022 · by Dave Hickey Art Issues Press, 215 pp., $19.95 (paper) NYR. When Dave Hickey died last fall at the age of eighty-two, he left behind a singular contribution to the history of art writing, along with a badly bruised reputation, both routinely called “iconoclastic” for lack of anything more precise.
Wasted words the essential Dave Hickey online compilation (March 30, 2015-June 08, 2014) by Dave Hickey. 0 Ratings 0 Want to read; 0 Currently reading; 0 Have read;
Nov 23, 2021 · Seeing the value in these decentralized discussions, the art historian, writer, and curator Julia Friedman worked with Hickey to amass his social media musings (and his friends’ and followers’ responses) into two books, both published in 2016: Wasted Words: The Essential Dave Hickey Online Compilation and Dust Bunnies: Dave Hickey’s ...
Oct 23, 2017 · A collection of essays by American art critic Dave Hickey, nicknamed “The Bad Boy of Art Criticism.” When Dave Hickey was twelve, he rode the surfer’s dream: the perfect wave. And, like so many things in life we long for, it didn’t quite turn out—he shot the pier and dashed himself against the rocks of Sunset Cliffs in Ocean Beach ...
Nov 23, 2021 · Dave Hickey in 2010. Photo: J Caldwell for the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. One morning in 1997, I bought a copy of Dave Hickey’s newly published essay collection Air Guitar and, being a 24-year-old without gainful employment, I went home, slid into a midday bath, and started reading. If you’ll forgive the blunt baptismal ...
In 2014, Hickey began making posts on Facebook during an illness. Eighteen months later, art historian Julia Friedman suggested a project documenting his experience. Two books resulted from the collaboration: Wasted Words and Dust Bunnies, published in 2016. [5] [6] Both books appeared in a lengthy review published by The Times Literary ...
