TV, or Not TV: David Frankel on Alex Bag
Artforum, Oct. 2004, v. 43, no. 2, pp. 256-257, 305
An appreciation of the video art of Alex Bag. The author highlights the formal inspiration of TV on Bag's "channel-hopping" videos, and cites Pop Art as an historical model for her practice. Bag's Pop Art involves a more targeted cultural and political critique, and taps surprising emotional registers. Essential to the quality of her work are joy, humour, morality, and punk aesthetics. Bag herself is quoted throughout the piece.
ITEM 2004.161 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Untitled (Project for the Andy Warhol Museum) – Alex Bag
Coven Services/Demo Reel – Alex Bag
Fall '95 – Alex Bag
Le Cruel et Curieux Vie du la Salmonellapod – Alex Bag