Posts tagged art fag city
Porn In Church: 30 Years of Charles Atlas -Wow, I thought this article did a fine job of covering upcoming Whitney Biennial artist and longtime documentarian of queer culture, Charles Atlas, but damn…there was a complete shit storm and hissy fit hoo haaa in the comments section of Art Fag City, sheeeesh bunch o’ crab arses nitpickin’.
Media, New Media Postmedia
“At the same time, however, many exceptions to these rules are possible in both the worlds. Thus, if in the contemporary art world the content is king, some formalist concerns are gaining an increasing attention in the so-called postmedia era; and a growing number of so-called new media artists, far from celebrating the medium they use, often criticize it or make an instrumental use of it. If the art market has still prominence in the contemporary art world, the more contemporary art becomes popular, the more museums and other art institutions move towards a spectacular economy, focusing on temporary events and often producing site-specific installations and performances.” (discussion on Art Fag City)
Various Ways Jello Can Scare You: Jello Takes New York
Paddy Johnson of Art Fag City writes: “What’s more disgusting than warm jello? Rapists, but they weren’t around, so I paid the eight dollar entrance fee at Gowanus Studio Space in Brooklyn for the privilege of looking at and eating multicolored goo cups. Dubbed “Jello Takes New York”, the event was a convergence of food and gelatin innovators from across the city, proving that jello is just as expressive a medium as vaseline.”
A Big Dookie Necklace and Some Shit About Relational Aesthetics!!! - “Hennessy Youngman Compares Contracting Herpes and Experiencing Relational Aesthetics” (Via Art Fag City)
The Essence of Middlebrow: Volume of Experience
Paddy Johnson’s (Art Fag City) follow up to Paper Monument’s How to Behave in a Museum, illustrating an idea that I believed is formed first in Art School: “Although it may sound obvious, it’s worth mentioning that one of the few ways we afford expertise in a culture that rejects the canon is by demonstrating that we have more work experience than others. This is very similar to other fields, though fine art takes it to an extreme. We look down upon artists or any other professional who maintain hobbies, anything less than complete dedication to the field is unacceptable.”
