Ted Riederer’s "Never Records" installation in "Never Can Say Goodbye" at the former Tower Records Store at Broadway and West Fourth Street in Manhattan
Years and years and years ago, when the Whitney Museum was giving retrospective exhibitions to artists like David Salle and Eric Fischl, I remember standing there in the gallery, filled with loathing but nevertheless ambivalent; I could see a young art student, sitting on a bench with her drawing pad, copying one of the paintings like it was an Old Master at the Met. The message was clear: never mind my gut reaction, I had better get with the program or forever be one of those reactionary dopes like Hilton Kramer.
