Posted on October 2, 2013
Thomas Connors previewed State of Mind in Michigan Avenue Magazine on October 1, 2013. “When Damien Hirst’s net worth and the art-buying power of newly minted billionaires grab as much attention as what artists are actually up to, it’s tonic to consider a time when doing, not selling, was paramount. Now on view at the Smart Museum of Art, “State of Mind: New California Art Circa 1970” is a sharp examination of Conceptual art in the Golden State, where its practitioners (many of whom came from elsewhere) pursued its aims with a relish peculiar to that Pacific-kissed world.”
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