Explain Me, Part II: Doug Aitken New Era, Worst Show of 2018

In Part II of Explain Me, William Powhida and Paddy Johnson discuss the difference between relational aesthetics and social practice, the whims of the auction market and the perilous affect it can have on artist careers, and Doug Aitken's train wreck of a show at 303 Gallery along with a handful of truly remarkable shows. Those shows listed below.   Doug Aitken at 303.  Painted in Mexico 1700-1790 at The Met Huma Bhabha at the Met A Luta Continua The Sylvio Perlstein Collection Mel Chin at the Queens Museum #OE2018 Jacolby Satterwhite at Gavin Brown On Human Limits at Present Company Ander Mikalson *Plus we throw Dan Colen under the bus. 

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