tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1395786901565391964.post1577814437231478700..comments2023-10-20T05:31:14.110-04:00Comments on ARTifice: Fear and Loathing in DC: Andy Moon Wilson: Business, The Curator's OfficeArtificehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02227762621483599981noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1395786901565391964.post-68853800514867592322007-04-13T19:10:00.000-04:002007-04-13T19:10:00.000-04:00"There is nothing particularly special about these..."There is nothing particularly special about these drawings"<BR/><BR/>- well, I think his subject is really wide but very specific. I know his style is resemble to amateurish high school note book, but that is actually a starting point for him and how he develops.<BR/><BR/>How do you distinguish someone's drawing as amateur or professional?<BR/>Style is matter of that artist's choice and it should be based on the context. Before you discriminate between certain styles, you have to see why artist is using that style.<BR/><BR/>Well, doodles, youth culture, even flower parttens are based on his observations which have specific meanings. They are blunt, in your face and sometimes acting silly but they have all importanat roles in his Project, and so do business cards as material. <BR/><BR/>Sorry that I am away from your question of buyer and market issue, but I wanted to put my comment. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Jiha MoonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1395786901565391964.post-75196652426004040102007-03-29T10:50:00.000-04:002007-03-29T10:50:00.000-04:00I can't apologize for my opinions, as they were ho...I can't apologize for my opinions, as they were honest and the result of serious deliberation. A review by nature is one-sided, being only one person's read of the work, and it's clear from these comments that other viewers have completely different opinions and reads of Moon Wilson's work. To the artist's credit, I only review shows that capture my interest, even if I have problems with the work. In this case, out of all the DC galleries I visited that day, Moon Wilson's work raised the most interesting questions in my mind.<BR/><BR/>I did not intend to accuse the artist of only being concerned with selling his work. The culture of art buyers, the relationship of artist to buyer, and the limitations of the art market are issues that all artists today have to deal with, whether we like it or not. It's more complex than just being commercial or not commercial. Do we ignore the market? Play it? Comment on it? I interpreted Moon Wilson's exhibit as commenting on it, or as rejecting an elite culture of art buyers for a different audience, though this may not be what he intended to do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1395786901565391964.post-17028059570555895442007-03-27T17:51:00.000-04:002007-03-27T17:51:00.000-04:00Good call, David!Good call, David!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1395786901565391964.post-54473879121734149562007-03-26T23:31:00.000-04:002007-03-26T23:31:00.000-04:00Wow, that is getting nasty, whoever wrote that las...Wow, that is getting nasty, whoever wrote that last comment should post their identity. At least she has posted her name when discussing Moon's work. Whoever is attacking the author and her work should have the balls to reveal themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1395786901565391964.post-11550325797433626732007-03-25T18:15:00.000-04:002007-03-25T18:15:00.000-04:00I can understand the confusion over what is commer...I can understand the confusion over what is commercial but I do agree with the level of reporting/critical analysis. To make sweeping judgments on work without true investigation points out deficientcies in the author, which also passes the same judgement onto her own work (Lacking investigation and depth).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1395786901565391964.post-19714149181849564762007-03-20T10:42:00.000-04:002007-03-20T10:42:00.000-04:00This smacks of the artist defending himself in the...This smacks of the artist defending himself in the third person. I hope that I'm wrong, and that Mr. Moon Wilson has actually matured since his hotheaded public rant here: http://www.grammarpolice.net/mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=1021<BR/><BR/>I enjoy his work a great deal, and hate to see any artist doing themselves a disservice by airing rants that paint them as someone unable to accept criticism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1395786901565391964.post-45187535432177993992007-03-20T10:09:00.000-04:002007-03-20T10:09:00.000-04:00I have absolutely no idea what the Dana Carvey ref...I have absolutely no idea what the Dana Carvey reference at the beginning of the review has to do with anything. It's like you remembered an SNL skit, decided to describe it, wrote about something else, and then decided you had better set about writing a review. <BR/><BR/>You have completely missed the entire point of the exhibition. I don't see how Moon Wilson could have have been any more tongue in cheek about his adolescent references, beyond posting a sign at the door pointing out that yes, he is trying to say something beyond "monster trucks are cool". He is examining the indentity-shaping tropes forced into our collective consciousness through the media. He is examining the duality of a society that, on one hand, completely denies violence on the personal level, yet glorifies and sexualizes it in popular culture. He is railing about the dehumanizing effects of technology, the workplace, and the ongoing fall of America. <BR/><BR/>The elaborate patterning you mention is there because Moon Wilson is a professional textile designer. Designing patterns is how he makes his living. He went to school, he has an MFA, but he has to pay the bills. So now he "doodles" in his office, on the sly, making the work you see in the show. "Business" is about maintaining identity as an artist while being an adult and having to deal with what that means. The work has nothing to do with being commercial, it has to do with trying to stay true to one's self, despite incredible pressures to the contrary. <BR/><BR/>Accusing this work of being commercial is ridiculous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com