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Overview
The Big Apple has long been a hub of creative activity, and the visual arts have thrived here as much any others. In his new book, Matthew Collings traces the New York art scene from the heyday of Andy Warhol in the 1960s all the way up to today.Editorials
Carlo McCormick
What's supposed to be accessible is in fact singularly stupid, and while author Michael Collings' tone might be described as conversational, if anyone ever speaks so glibly about something he obviously knows absolutely nothing about, we recommend you slap some sense into him. There are potholes in this town deeper than Collings' inane text...this tepid tea bag has the gall to tell us about the New York art world.— Paper Magazine
Daniel Kunitz
It Hurts is designed as a book to flip through... In tone and manner, Mr. Collings mimics Andy Warhol: catty, clever, jaded. His is an up-to-the-minute, in-the-know book, art history for those without historical imagination or attention span.— New York Observer
Lisa Leibmann
...funny, fragmented, and sharp....a subtle surgical instrument... -- ArtforumDavid Rimanelli
Like a walking tour, It Hurts has no real structure, skipping or lurching from one topic to another as the inspiration of wit rewards or fails its author. In each of the book's two sections...what the author deems historicaly relevant...brushes against the right here, right now. So while the book has enough witty asides, artist profiles, and gossipy interludes to entertain, the cut-through-the-nonsense tone ultimately fails to deliver any sort of informative precis.— Artforum
Book Details
Published
December 11, 1998
Publisher
21 Publishing
Pages
229
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781901785036