"At least one 'thinking area'
could offer maximum contradictions for the possibility of abstraction in
the visual art of the futurist moment and immediately after. An oasis
from whatever overarching narrative the show otherwise
provides. This would include works not ordinarily or, better to say,
not easily considered abstract but that are exemplary of a counterclaim
to abstraction. The criteria for inclusion in this area would not be
because something fits but because it doesn’t, an unassimilable series
that encourages the viewer to think abstractly. Implausible connections,
but not arbitrary ones; a series of contingent possibilities. Not
fitting, but fits."
— Charles Bernstein "Disfiguring Abstraction" Critical Inquiry v39 n3 (Spring 2013) p493.
— Charles Bernstein "Disfiguring Abstraction" Critical Inquiry v39 n3 (Spring 2013) p493.