“If you can remember who you are, you can remember anything.”
Those words informed Professor Rosalind Krauss’ decision to undergo cognitive therapy after awakening from a month-long coma due to a ruptured aneurism. Krauss—one of the century’s most important art theorists, who has taught at Columbia for almost 20 years and has published numerous works (including co-founding respected art publication October)—could remember only two things: language and her own identity.