I just meant cooler than burning the artist's name into it as a gallery wall label.
"there wasn't something more interesting that could be done with this idea?"
No.
Paddy is correct--the discussion went off on perceived insults having to do with the value of the commodity. But it's an old idea and an obvious idea. I'm guessing there are others besides Steven Read who have done "screen burns."
The purpose of the "clone series," if I need to spell it out, is that repetitions of a "conceptual art idea" can show the weakness or "one liner" nature of an idea, not its enduring strength.
So I don't sound like a total mean insulting bastard, I think the keystoning piece Cory did in that same show looks nice and I think it's a safe bet no one's done it before.
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"there wasn't something more interesting that could be done with this idea?"
No.
Paddy is correct--the discussion went off on perceived insults having to do with the value of the commodity. But it's an old idea and an obvious idea. I'm guessing there are others besides Steven Read who have done "screen burns."
The purpose of the "clone series," if I need to spell it out, is that repetitions of a "conceptual art idea" can show the weakness or "one liner" nature of an idea, not its enduring strength.
So I don't sound like a total mean insulting bastard, I think the keystoning piece Cory did in that same show looks nice and I think it's a safe bet no one's done it before.
- tom moody 3-29-2007 5:50 pm