group crits

With Kris and Jeffrey 10/10/10

with Jeffery, Brittney, and Devon Keene 11/26 (i think)
plus two crits with painting class.

studio visits with nathan, kim, michael, vanessa, andrew (visiting), harmony, others..

plan on applying for residency/internship next semester, nathan said that this was fine.

Thesis?

My work is beginning to investigate the process of creating images and interpreting information. I think I will have much more information in the coming days.

Emerging Market: Christine Mehring

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Jennifer Nugent  wrote:

A brief history of the commercial art market, this article explains the trends and changes of the art fair from the 1960's until now. It mainly centers around the KUNSTMARKT fair. Mehring cites the dealers motives for starting the art fair, mainly to boost the german art market, but also criticizes the national exclusivity of it.  I'm not sure if it was reading off of a screen that was difficult, or the way the piece was written, but I had some trouble getting through it. The content is not very dense, I think it's just sentences like these: "Thus, building a new and broad collecting base became the driving force behind the founding of KUNSTMARKT, effectively co-opting for a capitalist cause the pervasive calls on the part of leftist student groups to make art more accessible to everyone." Also, when she recalls the first counter-fair, with the artists all posing in front of a painting most likely made by Richter, I gather that it is a portrait of their dealer Franz Dahlem, but it took me a bit to get that. The counter-exhibitions seem to be the most important part of the events, even from the beginning, when Dalhem had his, and was invited the following year to join KUNSTMARKT, and with the more recent example of a protest with Jorg Immendorff and Nam June Paik, Zwirner is aware that the art is relevant and important. 

1. I will be sure to pay special attention to the counter-fairs around basel. 

2. I bet the city of Miami is very excited about this time of year. 

3. Interesting how a duo setting out to fill a void in their city, and make some money while doing so, were able to construct the model for almost every other modern art fair, including the one we will be attending next week...  

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Roberta Smith nyt

A New Boss, and a Jolt of Real-World Expertise

Who Needs a White Cube These Days?

Anti-Mainstream Museum’s Mainstream Show

I like the constant questioning of the function of a gallery or a museum. These articles are relevant to some of our other readings as well as the work we all do. I also think the history of the New Museum is a perfect example of an alternative space, idea, or organization that starts out filling a void and providing something new and fresh, but its success is ultimately its failure. The Skin Fruit show curated by Jeff Koons, using work form the collection of Dakis Joannou proves this. Altohugh I'm sure the exhibit had some wonderful work, Joannou is on the board of trustees at the museum, and koons is a superstar-high-production-ultra-mega-rich artist. ugh. And then about Jeffrey Dietch getting hired at lamoca is a similar story of insider connections making the deals. But isn't it always like this anyway? Whether or not the people are super hip and famous and have lots of money, friends and groups seem to define trends and dominate scenes on all scales.

The Birth of the Bg Beautiful Art Market - Dave Hickey

Markets imitate each other. Hickey uses the car market to represent commercial objects functioning like art in order to persevere in a post-industrial world. People eventually must buy more than one. The hierarchy in all markets has been constructed over time. 

Has the idea of a utopian experience replaced the painting of Christ? 

How can you now begin to break down the hierarchy? 

Was is the next step?

Contemporary Art Explained by Jack Burgess

This is a cute video.
It is fun to make fun of art.
It is fun to see art.
It is fun to think about art too.
Who is this guy?
I like Felix Gonzalez-Torres.
I will try to think about going on dates with art.
What would we talk about?
I wonder, if I was a art? Would I have an art boyfriend or girlfriend? Or would I sleep around with other arts? What would it be like?

FrontLine Digital Nation

There are so many things to talk about here! My flight is boarding so I can't really concentrate on this, but I know that I've thought a lot about multi tasking since I've watched it. Also one of the speakers, Douglass Rushkoff, who Jeffrey pointed out to me is someone worth looking into. I can't stop thinking about the talk he gave. It's really so right on point!

I strongly urge you to watch this video. It's probably more important to watch than the frontline video, which I did thoroughly enjoy, by the way.

http://rushkoff.com/videoaudio/diy-days/

questions to come later. I'm traveling through time now.