http://www.artfagcity.com/2007/05/30/leonard-cohen-makes-art-too/ As relevant as Eric Fischl. New York art news, reviews and gossip. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:19:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 http://www.artfagcity.com/2007/05/30/leonard-cohen-makes-art-too/#comment-1794 b. Wed, 30 May 2007 19:29:02 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/2007/05/30/leonard-cohen-makes-art-too/#comment-1794 does commercial success in one field breed desire for success in another? i've told you this in conversation before, but <a href="http://www.davidbyrne.com/art/eeei/index.php" rel="nofollow">david bryne</a>, who makes <i>some</i> interesting non-musical work, might be an interesting counterpoint here. to get back to Cohen, though, his list of credentials also include a mildly popular <a href="http://www.editoreric.com/greatlit/books/Beautiful.html" rel="nofollow">novel</a>, which i haven't ready and, judging it on some reviews, probably won't be reading any time soon. does commercial success in one field breed desire for success in another? i’ve told you this in conversation before, but david bryne, who makes some interesting non-musical work, might be an interesting counterpoint here. to get back to Cohen, though, his list of credentials also include a mildly popular novel, which i haven’t ready and, judging it on some reviews, probably won’t be reading any time soon.

]]> http://www.artfagcity.com/2007/05/30/leonard-cohen-makes-art-too/#comment-1797 Art Fag City Wed, 30 May 2007 21:06:33 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/2007/05/30/leonard-cohen-makes-art-too/#comment-1797 I just feel a lot of cross discipline promotion is premature. David Bryne and Brian Eno are good examples of artists who are extremely versatile, but most times I think people are looking for ways to capitalize commercially on fame. And sometimes it's just misguided good will. The best recent example of this I can think of comes from Abha Dawesar, whose reading for her novel Babyji I had attended some time ago and I quite enjoyed. About a year later she was given a show at the Village Quill. Check out <a href="http://www.abhadawesar.com/painting.html#paintings" rel="nofollow">this</a> work. I mean her art isn't hurting anyone but.... I just feel a lot of cross discipline promotion is premature. David Bryne and Brian Eno are good examples of artists who are extremely versatile, but most times I think people are looking for ways to capitalize commercially on fame. And sometimes it’s just misguided good will. The best recent example of this I can think of comes from Abha Dawesar, whose reading for her novel Babyji I had attended some time ago and I quite enjoyed. About a year later she was given a show at the Village Quill. Check out this work. I mean her art isn’t hurting anyone but….

]]> http://www.artfagcity.com/2007/05/30/leonard-cohen-makes-art-too/#comment-1808 b. Thu, 31 May 2007 01:29:09 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/2007/05/30/leonard-cohen-makes-art-too/#comment-1808 oh man. i think it was a good on her web designer's to skip on making the paintings clickable to enlarge ;) oh man. i think it was a good on her web designer’s to skip on making the paintings clickable to enlarge ;)

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