@ CK MacLeod:
The media ended up calling it a hoax. That's when things got interesting. It was never really clear. The continued debate was interesting as it continued to highlight issues of individual vs institutional power and control. That's why I thought it might be a good CK piece, but it's too old for the blog. I know you would have written something outrageously funny about it, but I agree with your present inclination to write about p-t syncretic reactions to ecstatic positivity. You could have done some real-life research on that recently, but whatever.
Sorry I missed the action on this one. Great piece, CK. As you know, I always wanted you to be an art critique. In the hands of anyone else, given Picasso's overexposure and his complex relationship to power, using him for perspective would have been big trouble. You did it masterfully. If it becomes topical again, I'd love to read what you'd write about the young woman who used blood from a series of her own calculated pregnancies and abortions to create what she referred to as art. And on a personal counter note, I went to a new art museum in my hometown on Thursday, ended up hearing an amazing SDA Gospel choir there and went to their church yesterday. So nice religious things still happen at art museums.
@ CK MacLeod:
The media ended up calling it a hoax. That's when things got interesting. It was never really clear. The continued debate was interesting as it continued to highlight issues of individual vs institutional power and control. That's why I thought it might be a good CK piece, but it's too old for the blog. I know you would have written something outrageously funny about it, but I agree with your present inclination to write about p-t syncretic reactions to ecstatic positivity. You could have done some real-life research on that recently, but whatever.
Sorry I missed the action on this one. Great piece, CK. As you know, I always wanted you to be an art critique. In the hands of anyone else, given Picasso's overexposure and his complex relationship to power, using him for perspective would have been big trouble. You did it masterfully. If it becomes topical again, I'd love to read what you'd write about the young woman who used blood from a series of her own calculated pregnancies and abortions to create what she referred to as art. And on a personal counter note, I went to a new art museum in my hometown on Thursday, ended up hearing an amazing SDA Gospel choir there and went to their church yesterday. So nice religious things still happen at art museums.