As an art historian and writer of critical essays, Kurt found himself challenged by the inadequacy of past conceptions of the methodology of art criticism. "...the truly relevant and exciting art of the "recent present" can no longer be contained by the exclusive concept of precious-object-in-a-scarcity-economy. Nor is it any longer possible to make sense writing about art as a commodity," he offers, adding "Attempting to understand even some of the most basic postulates of contemporary art with a mentality conditioned by exclusively pre-1960s experience is like trying to repair a computer with hammer and nails and a roll of bailing wire." This essay is from the Christmas 1967 edition of Art International.
