Barbara Rose on painting, postmodernism, and her exhibition at Caserta

Barbara Rose, a prominent American art critic known for coining the term 'ABC Art' in 1965, recently participated in a rare interview at the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca in Rome. Her exhibition, 'La pittura dopo il postmodernismo,' is currently on display at the Reggia di Caserta and will run until June 16. Rose characterizes the exhibition as a 'militant' critical essay that showcases 'resisters' dedicated to serious, craft-based painting, while critiquing postmodernism and artists such as Jeff Koons and Maurizio Cattelan. She lauds Mark Bradford's US Pavilion at the 2017 Venice Biennale and expresses concern over the absence of gallerists like Gian Enzo Sperone. Rose champions painting as the 'major art' and encourages critics to experience artworks firsthand, highlighting a new wave of painters emerging from Italy, Spain, Portugal, and America.