these figures worked great for the lever space, and i'd really like to see them installed in a k-mart or a shopping mall or something like that, but i think they would lose a lot of their zing if experienced in a gallery or a museum.
I agree with you Martin about the importance of context. They would completely lose their alien/mysterious quality. The shock of seeing a nude figure in public would be missing in a museum/gallery context. The smart placement of the figures within the public space would be neutralized if they were just lined up in a museum/gallery. The artist was careful to place them in such a way that viewers would be able to see the figures at odd disjointed angles from windows and from different points in a wide open space. Also, who doesn't wish that public spaces, both indoors and outdoors, weren't filled with very visible and partially concealed works of art? Imagine if this was the case. We would be surprised at every turn when going about our daily routine. We would discover new things all the time, if there was a heavy rotation of public art objects, and we could experience things we are familiar with under different conditions on different day; variations in lighting and weather conditions, different configurations of people within the space that contains the art, variations in emotional states of the viewers as they pass through the public spaces. All of that would impact the experience of seeing or hearing the work.
"Yes I modeled for that Lincoln 'piece'" Are we talking about the Dupont sculptures or something else? I thought Dupont modeled all of his figures on his own body?
So your shlong rivals Dupont's shlong and it appears in your Abe Lincoln painting. You wanted to make sure that we are aware of your shlong, while we discuss Dupont's shlong. So you were bothered by all the attention Dupont's shlong was getting and just wanted to remind us that your shlong appears in the Abe Lincoln painting.
My attempts at humor are weird by-products of my mental illness. Barnaby come back from the land of out. I have made my last reference to the great shlongs of art history. At least for now.
I love the fact that this guy bases all of these figures on his own body. It really gives the work a creepy dimension.
ReplyDeleteAn ugly marriage of Giacometti & Vanessa Beecroft . . .
ReplyDeletethat's actually me Eric............................
ReplyDeletethank you.
Martin brags about how hung you are all the time, but I had to see it to believe it. Wowza!
ReplyDeleteNow if only he would stop blending pastels with that thing. Good lord man get yourself a tortillon.
ReplyDeletethese figures worked great for the lever space, and i'd really like to see them installed in a k-mart or a shopping mall or something like that, but i think they would lose a lot of their zing if experienced in a gallery or a museum.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Martin about the importance of context. They would completely lose their alien/mysterious quality. The shock of seeing a nude figure in public would be missing in a museum/gallery context. The smart placement of the figures within the public space would be neutralized if they were just lined up in a museum/gallery. The artist was careful to place them in such a way that viewers would be able to see the figures at odd disjointed angles from windows and from different points in a wide open space. Also, who doesn't wish that public spaces, both indoors and outdoors, weren't filled with very visible and partially concealed works of art? Imagine if this was the case. We would be surprised at every turn when going about our daily routine. We would discover new things all the time, if there was a heavy rotation of public art objects, and we could experience things we are familiar with under different conditions on different day; variations in lighting and weather conditions, different configurations of people within the space that contains the art, variations in emotional states of the viewers as they pass through the public spaces. All of that would impact the experience of seeing or hearing the work.
ReplyDeleteAw man I missed the banter-
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Eric I thought you wrote Martin brags about how hung HE is..
ReplyDeleteI am laughing my ass off..
Yes I modeled for that Lincoln 'piece'
(I was meant to link it here but i always forget how to do it....)
Oh and I agree about the context.
"Yes I modeled for that Lincoln 'piece'" Are we talking about the Dupont sculptures or something else? I thought Dupont modeled all of his figures on his own body?
ReplyDeletehe does he does nevermind bad joke that probably only Martin got because he saw my show.
ReplyDeletei got it but it wasn't funny.
ReplyDeletegee thanks Martin...
ReplyDeletekidding!
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ReplyDelete(I didn't want everyone to read that hehehe so I figured you would no what I said)
ReplyDeleteDo we tell jokes only for Martin around here? Harumph!
ReplyDeleteI feel bad for missing your show Barnaby.
I was just runnin' with the fact that Dupont would have used me.. then ..that I used my self for my own recent Abe Lincoln piece.
ReplyDeleteAnd was taking credit for Lincoln's Log.
Stoopid. I know.
So your shlong rivals Dupont's shlong and it appears in your Abe Lincoln painting. You wanted to make sure that we are aware of your shlong, while we discuss Dupont's shlong. So you were bothered by all the attention Dupont's shlong was getting and just wanted to remind us that your shlong appears in the Abe Lincoln painting.
ReplyDeletei don't understand what is happening.
ReplyDeleteI'm out.
ReplyDeleteMartin your blog just got sideswiped by Great Shlongs of History. Consider it a brush with shlongness.
ReplyDeletebarnaby, now that you're out, i want you to know we all knew it anyway. jeez, byrd wasn't much of a beard.
ReplyDeleteschideschwiped.
"Well if its gonna be that kind of party...."!!!
ReplyDeleteMy attempts at humor are weird by-products of my mental illness. Barnaby come back from the land of out. I have made my last reference to the great shlongs of art history. At least for now.
ReplyDeleteBarnaby is sleeping in Jersey City. Lattitude:40n44, Shlongitude: 74w05.
ReplyDeletehehehehehehehehhehehehehhehehee
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