Sad Songs
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In this volume, contemporary visual artists investigate sadness through painting, sculpture, photography, and video. Sad Songs features a diverse collection of works unified by their melancholic tone and characterized by isolation, nostalgia and emotional desperation. From Katy Grannan's haunting photographic portraits in which the subjects are locked in some mysterious exchange with the unseen artist, to Keith Edmier's sculptural meditations on lost adolescence, the artists here continue a long tradition of romanticizing the somber. Also included are Justine Kurland, Jack Pierson, Robert Blanchon, René Ricard, Whitney Bedford, Robert Blanchon and Benjamin Butler amongst many others.
Martin Patrick
Martin Patrick, an art critic and historian, is Senior Lecturer of Critical Studies at Massey University in Wellington, New Zealand. His writings have appeared in publications including Afterimage, Art Journal, Art Monthly, and Third Text. He has taught as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago. Two of his essays were included in One Day Sculpture (Cross and Doherty
(eds) 2009), and he is currently working on a book that examines artists who engage with the art/life divide.
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