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By: coco

coco — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:49:50 +0000

i guess Kanye West is her new baby

By: Paul Pincus

Paul Pincus — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:20:05 +0000

YIKES!!!

By: amory blaine

amory blaine — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:15:23 +0000

I never implied that anyone but myself, for whom I speak (my name not appearing in death-defying all caps), was against self-involvement, et-cetera. I’m certain that it is all the rage and that the switchboard operators are working themselves silly trying to patch all the calls coming in to Deitch Projects begging satisfaction for the gaping holes in lives that can and must only be filled with fluffy, nutty, nougatty nonsense. It is applied with a heat gun, pliers, night-vision goggles, and a masonry trowel. You are covered in it like cloven hoofed beasts and are quite happy little boys and girls.

You outnumber me, and even still if I include my friends, and it’s no surprise. So you get the good table in the Lunchroom. As always. I could care less, perhaps, but I seriously doubt it’s worth the effort.

Keep your hands to yourself.

By: Paul Pincus

Paul Pincus — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:20:15 +0000

Not ALL of us are against “self-involvement, money, fashion, cultural tourism, an colonial appropriation”…I expected SO much more from “a wealthy and attractive Princeton University student who dabbles in literature!”

Are you as handsome and egocentric as your namesake? I hope so! : )

ps Vanessa is a sweetheart

By: amory blaine

amory blaine — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:38:55 +0000

Indeed, I too make it a point not to defend anything in all caps as it seems to do a fine job standing up for itself. And as for it speaking for itself, I think many people would agree, though not quite in the manner you imply PP. It speaks about self-involvement, money, fashion, cultural tourism, an colonial appropriation. And not in a good way. And not at length. And neither in depth.

By: Paul Pincus

Paul Pincus — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:54:56 +0000

Vanessa is a very serious person. Vanessa is also a very serious artist. I think it’s pointless to defend work that clearly speaks for itself. In fact, I think it’s pointless to defend ART!

By: O

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:37:14 +0000

I saw some of those huge photos at the last Armory show and was completely repulsed by them, not even knowing the details (the things she said in the documentary). What I got from the images was VB setting herself up as a glorious, pure, white Madonna figure giving nourishment to these tiny black unfortunate creatures. It was definitely icky. There was a profile of her in the New Yorker a few years back that portrayed her as a monstrous egotist, almost a sociopath. In it she admitted to physically abusing her husband (or boyfriend, can’t remember which). Also, she made it clear that she just stumbled on the idea of putting naked women on display, just as a sort of experiment in shock value or novelty, and then enjoyed the attention it got, so just kept repeating it. I think she’s a nutcase, not a deep thinker or serious, purposeful artist.

By: Paul Pincus

Paul Pincus — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:25:54 +0000

How does this behavior make her a racist?

By: Paul Pincus

Paul Pincus — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:21:55 +0000

I think Vanessa’s work is beautiful.

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