The Critic’s Desk · A bespoke pronouncement
Nigel on “Minor Incident XXI: After the Committee Retired”
4 raised eyebrows
Anxiety, Pigment, and Hearsay · Edition 1 of 1 · Indicatively valued at £41,281.37.
It says nothing, at length, beautifully.
To stand before “Minor Incident XXI: After the Committee Retired” is to feel the specific vertigo of a wall label working harder than the work.
The forms collide with the enthusiasm of strangers at a buffet, and the result is somehow less appetising and more compelling.
We do not understand it. We have decided this is its greatest strength.
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