Dave Hickey
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Born | David Hickey December 5, 1938 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.[1] |
Died | November 12, 2021 Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S. | (aged 82)
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Occupation | Art critic |
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Spouse | Libby Lumpkin |
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David Hickey (December 5, 1938 – November 12, 2021
Biography
Hickey graduated from
He wrote for most major cultural publications in the United States and abroad, including (Zurich).
He was known for his arguments against
"I write love songs for people who live in a democracy", he remarked.[5]
Profiles of Hickey have appeared in Time magazine, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report, The Economist, and Flaunt, among other publications. Interviews with Hickey have been published in the Los Angeles Times, Bomb, the New Art Examiner, Public Events, A Gathering of the Tribes, The Art Newspaper, and other magazines. He has been interviewed several times on topics such as art and Las Vegas by the BBC, PBS, and NPR.
In 2014, Hickey began making posts on Facebook during an illness. Eighteen months later, art historian Julia Friedman suggested a project documenting his experience. Two books resulted from the collaboration: Wasted Words and Dust Bunnies, published in 2016.[6][7] Both books appeared in a lengthy review published by The Times Literary Supplement.[8]
In 2015, he wrote the essay "War Is Beautiful, They Say" for the book War is Beautiful: The New York Times Pictorial Guide to the Glamour of Armed Conflict by David Shields. This essay described the painterly influences and inspirations behind several war photographs published by The New York Times.[9]
Hickey was married to art historian Libby Lumpkin. He died in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on November 12, 2021, at the age of 82.[10]
Awards and accolades
In 1994, Hickey received the
Books
In 1997 Art Issues Press published Air Guitar: Essays on Art and Democracy, a memoir containing 23 essays or "love songs" addressing his experiences as a music critic and an art dealer. The Invisible Dragon was originally published in 1993 with a new revised and expanded edition published in 2012. It is a series of provocative essays that encourage readers to reconsider the role of beauty in art. Pirates and Farmers was published by Ridinghouse in 2013, and featured essays by Hickey from 1999 to 2013. This body of short essays looks at contemporary phenomena including super-collectors, the trope of the biennale and the loss of looking.[15] 25 Women: Essays on Their Art was published by the University of Chicago Press in 2016, and featured essays by Hickey from the past twenty years. This body of short essays analyzes the work of Joan Mitchell, Bridget Riley, Fiona Rae, Lynda Benglis, Karen Carson, and many others.[16] Wasted Words: The Essential Dave Hickey Online Compilation was published by PCP Press in 2016. This book features almost 3,000 digital comments on social media, prompting nearly 700,000 words in response from art lovers, acolytes, and skeptics between June 2014 and April 2015. These writings highlight the impact of digital technology on the author and his online-audience.[17][18][19] Dust Bunnies: Dave Hickey's Online Aphorisms June 2014 - March 2015 was also published by PCP Press in 2016. This second volume was edited by art historian Julia Friedman. This book is a 124-page collection of fragments selected from Wasted Words, the vast digital discourse from Dave Hickey's social media pages during June 2014 and March 2015. These writings highlight verbal riffs of Hickey blasting away at digital natives and his online-audience.[20][21][19][22][23] In 2017 the University of Chicago Press published the collection Perfect Wave: More Essays on Art and Democracy.[24]
References
- ^ "Hickey, Dave". Current Biography Illustrated. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
- ^ Knight, Christopher (November 21, 2021). "Appreciation: Art critic Dave Hickey was known for his blazing and cantankerous wit". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Yabroff, Jennie (March 13, 2009). "Dave Hickey: The Bad Boy of Art Criticism". Newsweek. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
- ^ Helmore, Edward (October 27, 2012). "Doyen of American critics turns his back on the 'nasty, stupid' world of modern art". The Observer. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
- ISBN 9780963726452
- ^ Peterson, Kristen (February 10, 2016). "Art Critic Dave Hickey Talks About Facebook — And His Two New Books About Facebook". Las Vegas Weekly. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
- ^ Duncan, Jenna (February 25, 2016). "Julia Friedman: Editor of Dave Hickey's Online Writings". Java Magazine. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
- ^ Hawkes, David (May 27, 2016). "Everyone's a critic: Wasted Words and Dust Bunnies by Dave Hickey, compiled and edited by Julia Friedman". The Times Literary Supplement. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
- ^ Barron, Jesse. "Pretty Vacant". Bookforum. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
- ^ Greenberger, Alex (November 20, 2021). "Dave Hickey, Art Critic Whose Influence Loomed Large, Dies at 82". ARTnews.
- ^ "Awards". College Art Association. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
- ^ "Nevada Writers Hall of Fame: Dave Hickey". University of Nevada, Reno. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
- ^ "Dave Hickey made Distinguished Professor of Criticism". UNM College of Fine Arts. 2010. Archived from the original on June 4, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
- ^ Hickey, Dave. "Pirates and Farmers". Ridinghouse. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
- ISBN 978-0226333151. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
- ISBN 978-1517287108. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
- ^ Steadman, Ryan (January 20, 2016). "Art Critic Dave Hickey's Facebook Rants Now the Subject of Two Books: Are we seeing a new form of art criticism?". The Observer. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
- ^ a b Panero, James (January 26, 2016). "Wasted Words: The Essential Dave Hickey Online Compilation, and Dust Bunnies: Dave Hickey's Online Aphorisms, by Dave Hickey, edited by Julia Friedman (PCP Press)". The New Criterion. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
- ISBN 978-1523272662. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
- ^ Steadman, Ryan (January 20, 2016). "Art Critic Dave Hickey's Facebook Rants Now the Subject of Two Books: Are we seeing a new form of art criticism?". The Observer. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
- ^ "Selections of Dave Hickey's Facebook Posts Have Been Published as a Book of Aphorisms Titled Dust Bunnies". Bookforum. January 18, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
- ^ Peterson, Kristen (October 15, 2020). "On the Line with Dave Hickey: A quick check-in with the legendary art critic and appraiser of Las Vegas". KNBR Nevada Public Radio. Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
- ^ Herbert, Martin. "Perfect Wave". ArtReview. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
Further reading
- Ali Vaughan (February 13, 2019), "My summer of Dave Hickey", The Stanford Daily, retrieved February 13, 2019
- Kristen Peterson (March 2, 2016), "This Week In The Arts: Dave Hickey Book Talk", Las Vegas Weekly, retrieved March 2, 2016
- Catherine Liu (Spring 2005), "Art Escapes Criticism, or Adorno's Museum (Cultural Critique 60,Spring 2005, p. 217-244)", Cultural Critique, retrieved June 10, 2022
- Scott Indrisek (March 22, 2016), Broken Social Scene: Dave Hickey [Facebook Post] On Diversity, Blouin ArtInfo, archived from the originalon March 26, 2016, retrieved March 23, 2016
- Julia Friedman: 'From Printed Page to FaceBook Page and Back: Dave Hickey's Digital (Mis)Adventures', Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, March 31, 2016, retrieved April 7, 2016
- "Julia Friedman: 'From Printed Page to FaceBook Page and Back: Dave Hickey's Digital (Mis)Adventures'", Phoenix New Times, March 31, 2016, retrieved April 7, 2016
External links
- "Art Critic Dave Hickey On Facebook's 'Wasted Words' And The Lack Of Good Art" (8:32 min radio interview), KNPR Nevada Public Radio with Joe Schoenmann, March 3, 2016.
- "Art Critic Dave Hickey speaking with Art Historian Julia Friedman" at SITE Santa Fe, April 15, 2016 -- YouTube Trailer
- "Art Critic Dave Hickey speaking with Art Historian Julia Friedman" at UCLA Hammer Museum, May 11, 2016
- "Dave Hickey presentation at the School of Visual Arts MFA Art Criticism and Writing Program: The God Ennui". September 17, 2009.
- Article on Dave Hickey in Newsweek, March 14, 2009
- Interview with Dave Hickey on The New York Times's the Moment blog(dead link - archived version)
- Interview with Dave Hickey in The Believer, November 2007, by Sheila Heti
- Interview with Dave Hickey and Ilana Stanger on NYFA
- "A Gathering of the Tribes", interview with Dave Hickey by Lee Klein
- Essay on Dave Hickey featuring in Artforum, Summer 1995
- Profile on the University of Nevada Las Vegas
- Nevada Writers Hall of Fame
- Dave Hickey's Facebook page