Articles by Dorota Biczel

How Much Does Corn Matter? Glory and Humility in the Work of Eduardo Villanes

by Dorota Biczel | Jan 27, 2011

How Much Does Corn Matter? Glory and Humility in the Work of Eduardo Villanes

by Dorota Biczel | Jan 27, 2011

As I am grieving the disappearance of the Minimalist from the pages of the New York Times, I am also pondering Mark Bittman’s statement from his farewell column, “the continuing …

Between Barcelona’s Soft Shoulders and Its Hard Underbelly: A Conversation with Daniela Ortiz

by Dorota Biczel | Jan 25, 2011

Between Barcelona’s Soft Shoulders and Its Hard Underbelly: A Conversation with Daniela Ortiz

by Dorota Biczel | Jan 25, 2011

Several months ago, even before I set my foot on Catalan ground, I was captivated by a seemingly modest photograph: a chocolate candy in a golden wrapper set on a …

Dissecting the Social Self: A [Wo]Man, an Animal, and an Ambiguous “I.”

by Dorota Biczel | Jan 21, 2011

Dissecting the Social Self: A [Wo]Man, an Animal, and an Ambiguous “I.”

by Dorota Biczel | Jan 21, 2011

At the turn of December and January, the myriad summaries and best-of lists of the past year I browse through coincide with a more personal check-up. There is no better …

Visibility, Potency and Meaning: Making Sense of Art at the Crosshairs

by Dorota Biczel | Jan 18, 2011

Visibility, Potency and Meaning: Making Sense of Art at the Crosshairs

by Dorota Biczel | Jan 18, 2011

Since I made my first appearance on the Art21 blog about six weeks ago, commenting on the now-infamous censoring of David Wojnarowicz’s video A Fire in My Belly at the …

“I am the invisible being”: The Smithsonian, Wojnarowicz, and the Othering of AIDS

by Dorota Biczel | Dec 3, 2010

“I am the invisible being”: The Smithsonian, Wojnarowicz, and the Othering of AIDS

by Dorota Biczel | Dec 3, 2010

The decision of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, G. Wayne Clough, to pull David Wojnarowicz’s video, The Fire in My Belly, from the Hide/Seek exhibition at the National Portrait …