tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418895227823630555.post8875394142344177188..comments2023-03-21T08:41:40.385-05:00Comments on local ephemera: The Neon LiningJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10752474478024991359noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418895227823630555.post-58240998227577694392008-04-14T14:57:00.000-05:002008-04-14T14:57:00.000-05:00sigh... I wish Miss Darrow allowed comments from n...sigh... I wish Miss Darrow allowed comments from non Blogger members on Il Faut Cultiver...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418895227823630555.post-33938209732303720512008-04-14T14:00:00.000-05:002008-04-14T14:00:00.000-05:00The show could have benefited from more structure,...The show could have benefited from more structure, a set theme, a link drawn between the artists - and most importantly, there should have been more conceptual and political artists included. This venue is not a commercial gallery and so the curator enjoys the luxury of not having to sell the work - this freedom should have been passed on to more challenging artists.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10752474478024991359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418895227823630555.post-58150993902236092412008-04-13T20:40:00.000-05:002008-04-13T20:40:00.000-05:00It's just frustrating because we know that the gal...It's just frustrating because we know that the gallery is capable of putting up great exhibitions and this was just such a resounding flop.Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00431305319994589656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418895227823630555.post-42581045079958305252008-04-13T14:12:00.000-05:002008-04-13T14:12:00.000-05:00@ mike,I think that as the art scene grows, develo...@ mike,<BR/>I think that as the art scene grows, develops and becomes more sophisticated over time, a show like this <I>won't</I> get such a reaction. But the fact is we've got so few venues that I think many of us have a sense that each one should be "pulling its weight" so to speak. And a venue as culturally massive as City Hall East should be pulling double, not half.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418895227823630555.post-20104857959250404852008-04-13T08:28:00.000-05:002008-04-13T08:28:00.000-05:00I guess frustration is a real motivatorI guess frustration is a real motivatorJonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10752474478024991359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418895227823630555.post-58181807918110010462008-04-13T08:13:00.000-05:002008-04-13T08:13:00.000-05:00Funny, I was just reading Miss Darrow's review of ...Funny, I was just reading Miss Darrow's review of the show.<BR/><BR/>(http://ilfautcultivernotrejardin.blogspot.com/2008/04/playing-catch-up.html)Ben Gradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09588621253858702876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418895227823630555.post-52367708173618206232008-04-12T14:16:00.000-05:002008-04-12T14:16:00.000-05:00Who would have thought a critique of a pin-up show...Who would have thought a critique of a pin-up show at City Hall East would warrent this type of response?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418895227823630555.post-29974836982443832502008-04-12T09:12:00.000-05:002008-04-12T09:12:00.000-05:00I could not agree more. The show resembled an art ...I could not agree more. The show resembled an art school foundation show than one that was featuring some of Atlanta's better talents. The amount of figure drawings in that gallery completely smothered the whole show for me.Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00431305319994589656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418895227823630555.post-42727214896009116992008-04-11T15:50:00.000-05:002008-04-11T15:50:00.000-05:00Speaking of shows in reaction to placehttp://www.n...Speaking of shows in reaction to place<BR/>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/arts/design/11moma.html?_r=2&oref=slog&oref=sloginJonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10752474478024991359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418895227823630555.post-61893215887552174392008-04-11T14:26:00.000-05:002008-04-11T14:26:00.000-05:00"the city too busy to hate"?I'm going to search fo..."the city too busy to hate"?<BR/><BR/>I'm going to search for that posting - there is a lot of truth in that statement. People in Atlanta (maybe people in all cities without an art scene capable of supporting a multitude of full time artists) really stay too busy, or preoccupied, sitting in traffic on the way between jobs and restaurants, to consider or appreciate conceptually layered art - it cannot be rushed.<BR/><BR/>McCallum and Tarry at Kiang is a good recent example of artists taking the history of a particular place into consideration. They used images from the Atlanta Archives. Of course, they aren't actually from Atlanta.<BR/><BR/>And Danielle Roney did a piece about City Hall East for the show at GSU - but that seemed to be more focused on technology and architecture than on Atlanta's history.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10752474478024991359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418895227823630555.post-46130475708086477182008-04-11T12:11:00.000-05:002008-04-11T12:11:00.000-05:00"I get the sense that Atlanta artists have been av..."I get the sense that Atlanta artists have been avoiding really confronting space because it's so difficult. Especially the "era" and "social setting" senses of space: have you ever known an Atlantan to willingly tackle those issues?"<BR/><BR/>I think you are right, and I think it's up to the artist to do things that are hard. All the time.<BR/><BR/>I mean, I don't want to paint with too broad a brush. Certainly, there are artists such as Larry Walker, Pandra Williams, and others who are doing precisely that. Even someone like Karen Tauches and Ernesto Cuevas in different ways. Denise Lira Ratinoff did a wonderful installation in a loading dock that accomplished that same thing. But one (at least this one) has to wonder why this has not infiltrated the art making ethos of the community, why these folks seem to be the exception rather than the rule.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418895227823630555.post-12610136440194413032008-04-11T11:00:00.000-05:002008-04-11T11:00:00.000-05:00"I find it odd in the extreme how infrequently Atl..."I find it odd in the extreme how infrequently Atlanta artists respond to space--and I mean space in the immediate sense of the actual room a thing is in AND the larger sense of space: the era, the social setting, and the geography that they inhabit."<BR/><BR/>I do hear people talking about these concepts a lot. I get the sense that Atlanta artists have been avoiding really confronting space because it's so difficult. Especially the "era" and "social setting" senses of space: have you ever known an Atlantan to willingly tackle those issues?<BR/><BR/>(I think Jeremy may have written a review of a show at the High that discussed Atlanta as "the city too busy to hate" (or remember))Ben Gradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09588621253858702876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418895227823630555.post-87478507207199471572008-04-11T10:49:00.000-05:002008-04-11T10:49:00.000-05:00Perhaps the artists' ego is the only prominent rec...Perhaps the artists' ego is the only prominent recurring theme in the show.<BR/><BR/>Drawing dead? I thought it just had a resurrection.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10752474478024991359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418895227823630555.post-57283478278236636422008-04-11T10:40:00.000-05:002008-04-11T10:40:00.000-05:00Yes, we really need to start calling out curators ...Yes, we really need to start calling out curators more often. I mean, seriously: that first shot you have in this very post says it all--that montage is all about the artist's name, the signature, which is central. The art is--quite literally--marginal. That's where the curator needs to step in and say, "What the fuck is your problem? Don't fucking sign the MIDDLE of the goddamn wall, you asshole!"<BR/><BR/>No, I really was in Manhattan. I'm working up some thoughts for a pseudo review. Here's a preview: painting limps along, but drawing is comatose, abject architecture is the order of the day, and video has come of age... more later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418895227823630555.post-52417835893326004912008-04-11T09:46:00.000-05:002008-04-11T09:46:00.000-05:00"...curators are treating every space as a bulleti..."...curators are treating every space as a bulletin board for artists to post advertisements for themselves."<BR/><BR/>You nailed it...quote of the day. And I do not feel curators are held responsible enough in Atlanta. This common laissez-faire attitude in no way benefits the art.<BR/><BR/>So you really were lunching in Manhattan? I thought you were kidding... (ha)Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10752474478024991359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418895227823630555.post-4217418466637981172008-04-11T09:41:00.000-05:002008-04-11T09:41:00.000-05:00Curating art at the airport - what better location...Curating art at the airport - what better location to show artwork dealing with the space in which it resides? Such a socially and emotionally charged place. And yet, too sensative to get away with much more than gargantuan sculptures of ants. <BR/><BR/>It'd be an amazing spectacle while it lasted though...Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10752474478024991359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418895227823630555.post-61673696235552969632008-04-11T08:53:00.000-05:002008-04-11T08:53:00.000-05:00Thanks for covering this, Jonathan. I find it odd ...Thanks for covering this, Jonathan. I find it odd in the extreme how infrequently Atlanta artists respond to space--and I mean space in the immediate sense of the actual room a thing is in AND the larger sense of space: the era, the social setting, and the geography that they inhabit.<BR/><BR/>Of course, I'm also sick of all these goddamn pin-up shows; all these "opportunities" for people to show up and do whatever they want with no sense of curatorial vision. I know they're very popular around here and I'm going to step on some toes, but as Jeremy would say, WTF!!? I don't know if there's a crisis of art making here, but there is a crisis of insensate, tin-eared curating.<BR/><BR/>Artists are being left to their own devices; quite literally. They are not being helped or encouraged to think about space in an interesting way. Instead curators are treating every space as a bulletin board for artists to post advertisements for themselves.<BR/><BR/>I just got back from the Whitney Biennial. It had some huge problems, as always, but it's also given me the taste of blood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418895227823630555.post-35647958656699497572008-04-11T06:08:00.000-05:002008-04-11T06:08:00.000-05:00Vexingly oblivious: what a wonderful phrase. Spea...Vexingly oblivious: what a wonderful phrase. Speaking of the airport, I heard that their looking for someone to curate their art... It's a good distance away, but it's a gig, right?Jeremy Abernathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15954116305822347834noreply@blogger.com