mono.kultur #44 Trevor Paglan Bad News Books Paintings moves across the page

Paintings moves across the page like a melody

Spring catches the London-based Hagai at another point of transition

For this publication a large selection of them has been made

The scientific document – photographs

are interspersed with evocative extracts from Hussain’s numerous conversations with Muslim men

mono.kultur #44 Trevor Paglan Bad News Books Paintings moves across the pageThese three exemplary projects by American artist Trevor Paglen The Last Pictures (2012), Trinity Cube (2015), and the ongoing cycle of Invisible Images might be as far removed from our traditional understanding of art as can be. Physically, they bear little resemblance to a painting or installation on view in a museum space; in fact, they are not even designed to necessarily be seen. Instead, they can be understood as both conclusions and catalysts,