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Kenya (Robinson)
Still from “M is for Malcolm…”, 2010
Artists Mirco Pagano and Moreno De Turco have rendered Freddie Mercury out of Queen CD’s in a statement against music piracy. (via The Telegraph)
THIS IS GROSS.
- Rouser: What do you want to do with your art?
- Me: I want to exceed myself.
CAN THERE BE SUCH A THING AS THE CEREALIST MOVEMENT IN FINE ART?
AS IN:
CAP’N CRUNCH’S USE OF PIRATE MOTIFS, EYE-POPPING GRAPHISM, AND YELLOW DYE #6 WERE HALLMARKS OF THE CEREALIST FORM.
YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG…?
DICKS + AESTHETICS.
Turner, Hannibal’s Army Crossing The Alps, 1812
"The works of Hirschhorn and Sierra stand against Bourriaud’s claims for relational aesthetics, the microtopian communities of Tiravanija, and the scenario formalism of Gillick. The feel-good positions adopted by Tiravanija and Gillick are reflected in their ubiquitous presence on the international art scene, and their status as perennial favorites of a few curators who have become known for promoting their preferred selection of artists (and thereby becoming touring stars in their own right). In such a cozy situation, art does not feel the need to defend itself, and it collapses into compensatory (and self-congratulatory) entertainment. The work of Hirschhorn and Sierra is better art not simply for being better politics (although both of these artists now have equally high visibility on the blockbuster art circuit). Their work acknowledges the limitations of what is possible as art (“I am not an animator, teacher, or social-worker,” says Hirschhorn) and subjects to scrutiny all easy claims for a transitive relationship between art and society."
Claire Bishop, “Antagonism and Relational Aesthetics” (via robertreset)
((sorta one of my favorite essays sometimes…))
EXCITED TO SEE THIS WHEN I VISIT IN APRIL.
Hey, Internets. The Chicago Art Institute currently has a great exhibit titled Light Years: Conceptual Art and the Photograph, 1964–1977 (running till March 11th). The MCA has an exhibit opening Feb 11th and running till June 3rd titled This Will Have Been: Art, Love & Politics in the 1980s that also looks to be pretty interesting.* You could see the works you’ve only reblogged up until now! Now, I’m not saying you’re a total My______ with no Friendsters if you miss out, but I do happen to have a guest room and membership at both museums which means you get in free. Spring breaaaaaaaak (titties)!
*Caution, may contain Jeff Koons
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"If you really want to hurt your parents and you don’t have nerve enough to be homosexual, the least you can do is go into the arts."
Kurt Vonnegut (via heliosrex)
“This is a corpse in a… open, oaken, oblong coffin… It’s a dead body, Pats.”
“Ya but is it art, Edie?