Holy shit! The silence has been broken! *Chorus of angels*
Thanks, steve, you are my first commenter since I started this topic.
We've had discussion going on bill's page, and I've had some email back and forth on the topic, but it does seem like calling out the critics is being treated like a no-no. My feeling is facts are facts, and if they're wrong they need to be corrected, and as for opinion, why can't we talk about it?
I don't think the silence is all just fear of the writers' awesome (undeniable) power. It's also the subject matter. Cady Noland is already problematic enough for some people without having to wrap your head around someone appropriating her. Also, a lot of people don't know who Cady Noland is.
To be perfectly cynical, the magic spot the gallery hit was pissing off all the critics who like to say Cady Noland is their favorite artist, without actually having Noland around embarrassing them with bad, late career work (like Sherrie Levine's gold plated urinals). Triple Candie lobbed the bomb into that hornet's nest, and the angry responses are cries of "Fire in the hole!"
Well, now I need to get back to talking about the solo show I have up, now that I've "committed career suicide." To the art world hunkered down in fear of a few workaholic critics I say, "baa baa" (as in sheep.)
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Thanks, steve, you are my first commenter since I started this topic.
We've had discussion going on bill's page, and I've had some email back and forth on the topic, but it does seem like calling out the critics is being treated like a no-no. My feeling is facts are facts, and if they're wrong they need to be corrected, and as for opinion, why can't we talk about it?
I don't think the silence is all just fear of the writers' awesome (undeniable) power. It's also the subject matter. Cady Noland is already problematic enough for some people without having to wrap your head around someone appropriating her. Also, a lot of people don't know who Cady Noland is.
To be perfectly cynical, the magic spot the gallery hit was pissing off all the critics who like to say Cady Noland is their favorite artist, without actually having Noland around embarrassing them with bad, late career work (like Sherrie Levine's gold plated urinals). Triple Candie lobbed the bomb into that hornet's nest, and the angry responses are cries of "Fire in the hole!"
Well, now I need to get back to talking about the solo show I have up, now that I've "committed career suicide." To the art world hunkered down in fear of a few workaholic critics I say, "baa baa" (as in sheep.)
- tom moody 5-17-2006 7:37 pm