Conventional wisdom says that sex sells and the best way to keep a secret is to put it in a book. “I like fucking with people,” Clayton Cubitt says. “I like subverting expectations.” Cubitt’s newest ...

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 ...

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” ...

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 ...

The black-and-white video begins with a woman sitting at a table with a book in front of her. She looks into the camera and states her name, the name of the book, and begins to read. It seems she’s ...