Reflections on art and architecture by TIME critic Richard Lacayo.
And Even More Fear of Flying
Remember when I promised a few days ago to get off this topic? ("This topic" being how rare it is for artists to do anything with the universal ordeal of flying.) I lied. I'm back to it, but just briefly. Thanks to Jason Kaufman of the Art Newspaper for reminding me that the Swiss artist-pranksters Peter Fischli and David Weiss have a photo series called Airports that wallows in the banality of those places we all drift through with our eyes closed. Here are two examples.
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Banality is a favorite Fischli & Weiss motif, so it's no surprise that they would find airports irresistable.
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