Thomas Crow & Alexander Dumbadze
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Art historians Thomas Crow and Alexander Dumbadze discuss the artistic milieu of the 1960s and 1970s and how it shaped Allen Ruppersberg and his contemporaries. Crow’s recent book, No Idols: The Missing Theology of Art, turns away from contemporary cultural theories to address a blind spot in today’s art historical inquiry: religion. Dumbadze is the author of Bas Jan Ader: Death Is Elsewhere, about the late Dutch-born Conceptual artist Bas Jan Ader.
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Allen Ruppersberg, Meals from Al's Café , 1969Mixed media, aluminum pie tins, paper placements. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Gary Krueger. Digital Scan: Augusta Wood.
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