Top Ten: Ian Kiaer
Ian Kiaer, Artforum
October 2009

Army and Navy stores/House of Fraser Victoria (London): It may be that shopping here is no more distinctive than shopping at any other generic department store, yet I remain as affected by the experience today as I was while growing up in Victoria in the ’70s. Housed within the building’s gray marble and brown glass interior, the cosmetics section presents its perfumes and colored makeups in branded vitrines. Aging chrome and glass surfaces still draw attention to the grease smudges left by those of us wanting to cover over our lines and smells. […]