Rhonda Lieberman wrote a diary for ArtForum about the Vanessa Beecroft installation at Deitch Projects in Long Island City:
At Deitch’s, near the glittering NYC skyline, the Armory crowd hovered around the perimeter of the Beecroft piece, mesmerized by the naked gals in white body paint, “indistinguishable,” said the press release, “from gesso sculptures cast from live models, resting on coffin-like bases.” Like black crows, the art fans massed around the installation, staring in rapt contemplation of the naked posers, the classical art references, the inexorability of death, and the fact that we were stuck out in LIC and there were no refreshments (except for Poland Spring water). It was basically stand there or leave: not unusual for an art-viewing situation, but after trekking all the way out to Queens, a bit of passive-aggressive hospitality.
Dead of Alive (ArtForum)
