Weekend: Surrealism, Lisa Corinne Davis, Charlie Kaufman, Minimalist Memorials, and more

Hope, strength, grief, loss, and fear. These are the themes that David Carrier discusses in his revie

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Hope, strength, grief, loss, and fear. These are the themes that David Carrier discusses in his review of Spencer Bailey’s In Memory Of, a new book on contemporary public memorials. They also define this moment as we enter the last full week before Election Day. What will we make of these four years?— Thomas Micchelli, Co-Editor, Hyperallergic Weekend

Surrealism’s Unfinished Business The art of the collagiste is essentially the art of the scavenger, the opportunistic thief. Michael Glover

Lisa Corinne Davis Critiques Corporate America Through Abstract Art Davis recognizes that grids, networks, and circuits are not purely a product of the art world, and there are myriad contexts in which the government and corporate America deploy them. John Yau

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A Woman Escapes the Grip of Men in Charlie Kaufman’s Latest Film Director Charlie Kaufman’s men leech off women for validation, while women attempt to escape their parasitic grip. Eileen G'Sell

The Meanings of Minimalist Memorials Monuments are built only when the political struggle they commemorate has been definitively won. David Carrier

Four Genre-Bending Releases to Blast This Weekend From political punk to a rapper-turned-rocker, the releases below are all riotous. Lucas Fagen

Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections “Looking at the imagery is like reviewing a memory bank.” Stephen Maine

Required Reading This week, the rich and their distaste for real reporting, museums and racism, dispronouncing people’s names, Mommalorians, and more. Hrag Vartanian

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