tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post111914153227995234..comments2023-11-05T07:44:36.996-05:00Comments on anaba: RelativityMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13383812070175961882noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-1119354528865975482005-06-21T07:48:00.000-04:002005-06-21T07:48:00.000-04:00Thanks Martin and Donny,Perhaps I am a madman, a y...Thanks Martin and Donny,<BR/>Perhaps I am a madman, a young painter who still believes that the good painter does more than attempt to cleverly subvert its history and contemporary context in a media filled society. Its not enough to just discover that something happens through the medium whether it be yourself as the medium or a cellphone on vibrate happens to spiral. I just believe that it takes the highest level of guts (cajones) to paint something unlike what has been done before, you know Martin alot of people I talk to you really don't appreciate your work but I do because of this same sense of bravado and effort that has very little historical standard for example your mounds are not Guston heads nor do they come from monoliths found behind Mary in Renaissance pictures. And that is fine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-1119305173603640052005-06-20T18:06:00.000-04:002005-06-20T18:06:00.000-04:00i am definitely sympathetic with dennis' plight. ...i am definitely sympathetic with dennis' plight. although i believe that anything can be interesting, most of the art i see around here is uninspired and uninformed. there are definitely exceptions though. but we are in the "provinces" and that is to be expected. <BR/> also, i am particularly into painting as i believe dennis is too, so i understand his frustration with art that concerns itself with things besides painting. i really like painting and seeing good painting. painting is after all, a "unique genre with its own complex syntax and history." hopefully, with dennis kickin' ass we'll see some more good painting around this piece.<BR/><BR/> about Sun-Tek Chungs work: i think it's kind of along the lines of Nikki S. Lee who does similar work, where she photographs herself (shes asian) immersed and costumed in different cultures (punk, skater, hiphop, etc). part of the work has to do with thinking about cultural identity. what is cultural identity? at what points do race, ethnicity and culture intersect? i don't think it has so much to do with being ironic sense but is probably more of an extension of ideas about indentity politics that were big in the 80s. i'm asian too and i've studied a little about identity politics, but i could be wrong.donald yi georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01189867308523095050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-1119294198793468972005-06-20T15:03:00.000-04:002005-06-20T15:03:00.000-04:00Dennis - You're a madman. Thanks for speaking your...Dennis - You're a madman. Thanks for speaking your mad mind.<BR/><BR/>I think Feast and Chris Norris are really good. Don't remember what I might have said about Sun-Tek's work to you beyond a shrug of the shoulders. I plan to go back to the show soon and spend more time with all of it.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13383812070175961882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-1119268616653556922005-06-20T07:56:00.000-04:002005-06-20T07:56:00.000-04:00Hey Martin,Wanted to say that you were right about...Hey Martin,<BR/>Wanted to say that you were right about Chung's piece. Just because it is ironic for an Asian to be Southern or to play crochet doesn't make it art. Similar to your posting on glib art a few weeks earlier. Chuckles don't move the mind forward. I agree about the display of the Hockney and Guston, it was terrible and disrespectful in my mind. I just don't find Norris' work having anything to do with those two great artists, I do appreciate Chris' craft mostly I just think his style is overdone and can be quite boring about half the time. Feast is a 1708 Mob show who the hell really cares about them, that gallery acts as if there is no art that they do not show. I just can't remember seeing a good show there in the six years I've been around Richmond.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-1119194566271206442005-06-19T11:22:00.000-04:002005-06-19T11:22:00.000-04:00What is a local artist ? Local sounds like second ...What is a local artist ? Local sounds like second class. By the way I'd like to be a B-artist, as weird as the old B-pictures ;-)Hanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06081946944668235348noreply@blogger.com