Participatory art’s obligations could alienate even sympathetic critics

Evidence

Despite the presence of the highly regarded Michael Asher, a specialist in meditation rooms, as well as Dan Flavin and Robert Morris, New York art stars he had long championed, the Voice critic was annoyed: “I don’t like to have to take off my boots off and shuffle around in paper slippers through an exhibition carrying them in a shopping bag.” — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now, 2020

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• SHARE: The Perreault quote about shuffling in paper slippers carrying boots in a shopping bag is a perfect anecdote for an art-historian friend who works on participatory/relational aesthetics.