tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1395786901565391964.post2991925202023511260..comments2023-10-20T05:31:14.110-04:00Comments on ARTifice: Fear and Loathing in DC: Gillian Carnegie at Andrea RosenArtificehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02227762621483599981noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1395786901565391964.post-7405538981052449352007-03-05T21:56:00.000-05:002007-03-05T21:56:00.000-05:00naked asses are SO Saatchi!naked asses are SO Saatchi!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1395786901565391964.post-591443349352810762007-02-23T12:55:00.000-05:002007-02-23T12:55:00.000-05:00I stand by my comments that this work appears to b...I stand by my comments that this work appears to be little more than "couch painting". I'm neither an art school drop out, nor am I cynical about painting. There is TONS of very valid painting going on, and painting itself is in no danger of "dying out" anytime, ever. However, these particular paintings veer way too much into strictly "retinal" territory. This kind of painting is so played out, it's not worth doing, unless you find some way to make it fresh. (Which, from the images I've seen, this artist has not done). If there is anything terribly conceptual about these works, it does not come across in the images. I was musing as to what the strategy might be. And of course there are plenty of people looking for pretty, decorative work in New York. This is true of any city in the history of painting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1395786901565391964.post-32989065622765506692007-02-23T09:38:00.000-05:002007-02-23T09:38:00.000-05:00Don't you think this is conceptual painting with s...Don't you think this is conceptual painting with some sort of skill rather than art for housewives?<BR/>Housewives do not shop in Chelsea. I can think of many more artists who would 'look good over a couch' in the manner you speak of.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1395786901565391964.post-83460670712131279712007-02-22T21:42:00.000-05:002007-02-22T21:42:00.000-05:00"Edgy and interesting work" ? I suppose you would ..."Edgy and interesting work" ? I suppose you would be better suited than I to decide what that means and what exactly qualifies as edgy and interesting. Every art school drop out ends up with the same cynical sarcastic attitude toward painting and those engaged in its practice. 40 years of institutionalized rhetoric have served as a flimsy crutch supporting these ideas, that it is now far more challenging to engage in painting from a critical perspective. I don't think Carnegie has succeeded in making work that is overtly challenging, however, the idiotic reaction that pursuing this type of painting is done out of some self serving intention is silly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1395786901565391964.post-43571731183595907382007-02-22T17:06:00.000-05:002007-02-22T17:06:00.000-05:00I am at a loss as to why anyone would bother to ma...I am at a loss as to why anyone would bother to make paintings like this today. Besides the obvious fact that they will probably sell, and look very nice hanging over someone's couch. <BR/><BR/>I can't decide if the artist is incredibly brave, incredibly stupid, or shrewd. If they are genuinely trying to continue the legacy of the worn out genre of academic painting, they're brave, but failing. And stupid if they think that history will remember them if they continue to paint in this manner, unless they manage to hit upon some magical breakthrough (which seems less and less likely with every "starving artist" extravaganza/atrocity that appears in an airport-adjacent hotel)<BR/><BR/>The artist is both shrewd and cynical if they're just cranking out these bad boys to sell to well-heeled housewives looking for something to match the curtains. (Lord knows there's no shortage of those folks) Presumably they know better, and obviously don't care. From the images I see here, the artists work seems more in the realm of interior decoration than fine art. The last time I was in Chelsea I noticed a bit of a resurgence of this type of work. There must be a market for it. Not everyone is into edgy (and interesting) work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com