tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post7776087396728015616..comments2023-11-05T07:44:36.996-05:00Comments on anaba: updates...Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13383812070175961882noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-26945703592183815882007-06-26T13:08:00.000-04:002007-06-26T13:08:00.000-04:00hey martin, i just read that thread from april on ...hey martin, i just read that thread from april on ed's blog. what a loss not to have you commenting there. i believe you were very misunderstood by ed. who hasn't been? and i'll join you in vomiting sometime, or dry heaving rather (less messy). <BR/><BR/>but i can't say i am surprised by any of the discussion there. mostly, this placating to the hot art schools and young, wet nosed artists: it's everywhere like a wild fire, not just with ed or in chelsea. and it's not the fault of the younger artists either (nor us old, washed up hags over 35!) i think the hostility towards the young MFAers is just a default reaction. it's difficult to direct these frustrations towards any one group or person. i hear these frustrations on a constant basis from artists at all levels of success, so it's not some paranoid idea by a few angry artists with some gallery rejections. it's easy for gallerists and temporarily hot-selling artists to say it is though.<BR/><BR/>someone on the thread made reference to more energy and power being dedicated to <I>followers</I>, and i can't agree more. i think this is the real problem here. i mean, commercialism is a problem in itself. it's an oxymoron to art if there ever was one, yet we still want to play with the fire. we get all stupid when we get burned wondering how it could happen. originality and money aren't usually long-lasting business partners - it's not that we can't ever have both, but when in crisis i think we have to be more loyal to one or the other so that depression doesn't swoop in as the ultimate consumer. easier said than done though. all of life is just one big reality tv show and art has become like product placement.<BR/><BR/>i know i got off the point there, but i swear it made sense in my brain before i typed it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-61116167228548715862007-06-17T02:21:00.000-04:002007-06-17T02:21:00.000-04:00i might, cause i will probably be going to nyc nex...i might, cause i will probably be going to nyc next week. almost certainly.<BR/><BR/>what else should i see?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-59564024843431692702007-06-16T23:04:00.000-04:002007-06-16T23:04:00.000-04:00Sarah's new work is really wonderful- mesmerizing ...Sarah's new work is really wonderful- mesmerizing - go see!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694556.post-28776666336613746032007-06-14T14:41:00.000-04:002007-06-14T14:41:00.000-04:00Thanks again!Here's Nancy.EvaThanks again!<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://a1703.g.akamai.net/7/1703/21836/v0001/voiceamerica.download.akamai.com/27302/http/voiceamerica/womens/010399/lake061307.mp3" REL="nofollow">Here's Nancy.</A><BR/><BR/><BR/>EvaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com