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General Idea: Part 1

by Robert J. Hughes
General Idea at Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris / ARC February 11th, 2011 - April 30th, 2011
Posted 4/11/11

Humor in art is a rare thing. Art is so, so very, very serious. Not to mention humorless. When certain artists do attempt humor, or even satire, the effect often falls flat. Not that many people (and fewer visual artists) are truly witty. And satiric humor can date quickly — when it works at all. That wasn't the case with General Idea, a Canadian collective made up of three men, Felix Partz, Jorge Zontal and AA Bronson, which operated from 1967 to 1994. They were among the first artists to... [more]