tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post112785125267944556..comments2023-11-05T07:44:36.996-05:00Comments on anaba: Jeannine HarkleroadMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13383812070175961882noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-1128280770838715932005-10-02T15:19:00.000-04:002005-10-02T15:19:00.000-04:00Hmm. I s'pose I can see where you are coming from...Hmm. I s'pose I can see where you are coming from. I appreciate the theatrical element, but I think that the repetitive nature of the piece puts me off. I imagine that it could speak of futility, but I find it rather tiresome. Also, like many works in similar veins, I have a hard time discerning to what degrees the intent is earnest, ironic, self-aggrandizing, or deliberately cryptic. To my eyes, much comtemporary work is surrounded by this tangle. and I feel that a great number of charlatans hide their sneers behind this comnundrum, and all to often people are whisked away. To some extent I think that there is a great deal of Emporer's New Clothes syndrome going on. Nobody wants to be the philistine that doesn't 'get it.'Thus, the sloppier and more cryptic the piece, the better it is assumed to be. Having seen too much of this, perhaps I have set my default option to 'Bullshit.'<BR/>Errp. I was going to write more, but it's breakfast time here in Washington state. Mmm. French toast.Michael McDevitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00775103139297930166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-1127970436692921402005-09-29T01:07:00.000-04:002005-09-29T01:07:00.000-04:00Michael – We may be approaching these works with d...Michael – We may be approaching these works with different needs. I’m perhaps more receptive to the slightly sinister, the sloppily erotic, the absurdly futile, and most especially art with a capital A.<BR/><BR/>Are you a fan of the theater, Punch and Judy, the circus, kabuki, butoh, Bread and Puppet, the cabaret, Grand Guignol? <BR/><BR/>If you were to examine this set for only it’s formal qualities I think you would find that the artist’s careful attention to color, texture, detail, scale, and pattern would give you at least as much pleasure as any of the other works currently in the gallery.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13383812070175961882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-1127882549895186432005-09-28T00:42:00.000-04:002005-09-28T00:42:00.000-04:00OK. Here's one from the Cretin in the bunch. I s...OK. Here's one from the Cretin in the bunch. <BR/>I saw this one too, but was far more interested in Theresa Pfar's (sp?) paintings or the other works on ADA's walls (let alone the cool work in 1708).<BR/>I was briefly curious about this piece, but was quickly put off by it's deliberate wierdness and sheer inanity. I don't mean to be disrepectful, but this one stunk of capital-A 'Art' like old ladies stink of perfume. <BR/>Now, I admit I'm just one bent nail in the board, so I wanna know (and I'm genuinely interested):<BR/>Why do you think this is so great?Michael McDevitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00775103139297930166noreply@blogger.com