The Bearded Island (The Artist Laments)

The Bearded Island (The Artist Laments) [aka: An Essay Commissioned for the Exhibition: "Regarding Henry's Show" @The Brant Foundation Study Center, CT, 2009]

Artist's book by Urs Fischer and Darren Bader published in conjunction with the show "Remembering Henry’s Show: Selected Works 1978-2008" held at the Brant Foundation Art Study Center, Greenwich, Connecticut. Text by Fischer and Bader.

"The natural paranoia of New Yorkers is rooted in the perennial horror of being left out (or horror-of-horrors: being left behind!) That's what this essay's all about. The paranoia of the (Modern) artist is that s/he has failed to make art that will be remembered. That's what this essay's all about." –– Urs Fischer and Darren Bader.