Still from Clayton Cubitt, “Hysterical Literature: Session Seven: Amanda” (2013) (courtesy of the artist) Cubitt sees the project as an extension of his earlier work, which puts portraiture into ...

THE DAILY PIC (#1364): One last Pic from Mass MoCA, in North Adams, MA. Today it’s a still from a series of videos by Clayton Cubitt called “Hysterical Literature”, featured in the museum’s group show ...

Steamy videos of women getting off while reading books go on view in a show opening this month at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA). Clayton Cubitt’s “Hysterical Literature” ...

Launched in 2012, Hysterical Literature is a 12-part video art series that explores feminism, mind/body dualism, distraction portraiture, and the contrast between culture and sexuality. It was ...