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Re: Coyote Art
Posted:
Dec 29, 2004 9:16 AM
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> Hey Jimmy, bowling just popped into my head as I
> remembered a movie I missed with a fat no account
> actor at a bowling alley. And what most of us think
> as original surfaced somewhere in the 19th century in
> the mind of a no account syphilitic philosopher.
> Who, oddly, is mimicked interminably much to the
> delight of smart people; people who should know of
> the horrors said thoughts have visited on other
> hapless misanthropes. But what the hell, all is
> gray, right is wrong, good is bad, there is no
> truth, everything in my gaze is a construction, and
> I alone have the gift of the view.
>
> I forgot what MASP stands for? However, I would ask,
> is it new, in the orb of art, does it make me think,
> differently, and, does it meet my requirement of
> appearing anti-art? Further, if it follows a trend,
> it's out. If there is a globe-trotting career
> attached, it's out.
>
> Spontaneous, authentic, unconstructed. That's what I
> would look for, and I would not find it. What panels
> are seeking are the choices that will first enhance
> their vision and secondly the others' perception
> within their milieu. I would look for "stupid" art.
> I'm sick of smartys. I'm sick of reading smarty
> commentary. I'm sick of smarty walking. I'm sick
> of smarty inside giggling. As more of us seem to
> be.
>
> People move around. I moved from NYC in '77 to an
> older inner ring suburb with access within 15 minutes
> to almost anywhere in the metropolitan area. I like
> it. Older house, stick built in '58, fairly
> inexpensive living, art funding, schmart funding.
> They can stuff if where the sun don't shine. The
> people that will scream the loudest are those
> depending on the handout. The plumber is performing
> his art in the basement, soldering, wrenching,
> cementing the pipes so we can move.
>
> I just thumbed through the new Flash Art, and
> frankly, the plumbing in my basement looks
> refreshing. There is too much art, too many artists,
> to many bums looking for a ride, too many careers,
> too much art, and too many fakes. I have no
> suggestions, only, stop funding it. It's like
> hornets in the garbage in August. If I read one more
> smart interview with Damien Hirst......I'm puking.
> Now there's a career!
>
> The political fawning over the poor will always be
> with us. I wonder why? The hand wringing over
> slipping political grasp of the will to power will be
> with us until the ubiquitous "next" election. Not to
> worry, we have a republic, if we can keep it.
>
> The inequities between classes in the mid 19th
> century certainly gave rise to a balancing series of
> political ideas. And rightly so. However, this is
> 2005, and much has been set straight. Perfection?
> No. But only a utopian would hold out for heaven on
> earth. Changes are certain to continue as a vibrant
> culture ebbs and flows. You get a little, and give
> little. And then try to go out and do some
> painting.
>
> It is not myself that finds "the dream" so
> disconcerting, it is others before me, far more
> important and practiced intellectually who broke the
> trail. I but tell what I have read. You can't build
> a successful society by sitting down on the job,
> drunk, pulling a lousy hated government draft.(the
> old Soviet Union)
>
> What is disconcerting is that in our "political" art
> display there were so few who had apparently done
> their homework, and so many that were so terribly
> miseducated.
God do I love you Bob.
You have come to a similar conclusion I have. Stop the funding of "Artists Lifestyles". That is what is wrong with all of the work offered as art. It is the slufted off skin of the "Artistic Life". It is insulting to advance the "bullshit" work that is only "interesting" to the self serving "Artists Panel". Who are they anyway? An insider club of self serving "crafts people". MASP is a typo of mine. MAEP continues to be a profound embarassment for true artists in Minnesota. I have given up argueing with other artists about the bullshit. I have simply made my voice availble to the backrooms of funders. And if you can beleive this; I am doing it very quietly and gently. I hope to become "effective". Lets all get real; the MAEP program as it is today made the decision to alocate over $60,000.00 to give a bunch of "artists" the venue to "politically belch". And they will have thier great historic "expressions" inturred in the foundation of the new wing of the MIA. Think about that. After the cacaroaches evolve into a civilization and begin to "study" our ruins they will find the "fodder" that was interred in a "temple" foundation. What will speculate that it all was? Or will they consider it the material of a sacrafice to an odd diety? The God of Stupidity? Come on it was all cocktail group masterbation; real politics happens out in the communities where the pressing issues are debated and allowed to form the political will of the people.
The Debutante Art Party that is the MAEP needs to end. We need to use every prescious resource to to advance the true "vlaues" of our culture. Although I did vote for each everyone of the current panelists( really I did pick the one that won) I have no faith in the MAEP process because it is not in keeping with the political processes of our society at large. None of the votes are recorded. They public who voted for thier representative does not how that person represented them. The process by which proposals are reviewed is not consistant between individuals. The process is manipulated by the staff. If any government board did same thing Mike Hatch would be there with questions. But the our Artists community is so politcally appathetic or afraid that they do nothing to reform the process.
Oddly Bob we may have to wait for another generation of "donors" to step up to the funding challenge and quietly retire the MAEP.
But onto more fun things. What a show at a Bowling alley? I am starting another series of paintings using "barns" as a back ground to "Chicanos in Agriculture". Do you have a dozen or so of your barn paintings you would consider sharing an unusual exhibit space with "The Chicano Artist de Minnesota"?
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