Projects: Sonia Landy Sheridan and Keith Smith

The Sheridan-Smith Show: A Misalliance of Art and Technology; A current Museum of Modern Art show is 'an artistic flop,' but 'evidence that art exploiting technical gimmickry gets museum attention'

By Peter SCHJELDAHL

THE Museum of Modern Art's latest "Projects" exhibition of avantgarde work-this one by two Illinois artists, Sonia Landy Sheridan and Keith Smith-is an artistic flop. It is interesting, however, as evidence that art that exploits new technical gimmickry is proving to be a remarkably hardy species, especially when it comes to getting museum attention. This phenomenon is worth looking into.

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