tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post113649807398619313..comments2023-11-05T07:44:36.996-05:00Comments on anaba: my ongoing monitoring of the critical response to the work of Marlene DumasMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13383812070175961882noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-1136699033624621342006-01-08T00:43:00.000-05:002006-01-08T00:43:00.000-05:00Yeah, I know. To be anonymous is kind of sneaky - ...Yeah, I know. To be anonymous is kind of sneaky - but you see, my day job is a conflict of interests - and I'd surely get fired for the shit I say about the state of the art world. I chalk it up to being female that I even have to work AT ALL... I should be gov't-subsidized and working in the studio full-time. <BR/><BR/>Final thought: (and please don't take offense)... I think Marlene Dumas is TOTALLY OVERRATED. <BR/><BR/>Love ya though<BR/>EdnaEdnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00638371395244839991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-1136584303898315112006-01-06T16:51:00.000-05:002006-01-06T16:51:00.000-05:00Bill - Thanks for the David Cohen link.Maybe it is...Bill - Thanks for the David Cohen link.<BR/><BR/>Maybe it is gender bias, I don't know, if anything it looks like some weird Artnet clique thing. <BR/><BR/>Here is a good new blog by an angry woman artist, she is reporting all the possible gender bias stuff - <BR/><BR/>http://anonymousfemaleartist.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/>Why be anonymous though?Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13383812070175961882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-1136562550912987172006-01-06T10:49:00.000-05:002006-01-06T10:49:00.000-05:00gender bias, for sure. nobody talks about the "pai...gender bias, for sure. nobody talks about the "paint thinness" in a luc tuymans for example,and when a mediocre male artists work command millions, nobody bats an eye. sorry folks, its all about bias bias bias. but WHEN will it stop?????? we see it all day everyday day in the art world, and even when people of prominence mention gender bias, nobody still does anything. There are a lot of great artists, women and men, a lot of women who are not given the time of day in comparison to their male peers, women who show in galleries, etc. have careers etc. but still are considered "nothing".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com