Comments on: Breaking! The Aesthetics of Terror at The Chelsea Art Museum Cancelled http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/09/25/breaking-the-aesthetics-of-terror-at-the-chelsea-art-museum-cancelled/ As relevant as Eric Fischl. New York art news, reviews and gossip. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:27:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jonelle Freeman http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/09/25/breaking-the-aesthetics-of-terror-at-the-chelsea-art-museum-cancelled/comment-page-1/#comment-107759 Jonelle Freeman Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:55:04 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/09/25/breaking-the-aesthetics-of-terror-at-the-chelsea-art-museum-cancelled/#comment-107759 We don't see these images all the time, there has been active censorship in the media. The forum that a museum can provide for sensitive, thoughtful dialogue is just about all we have left when the 'War on Terror' includes the relinquishment of our own freedoms. I am really not surprised by these events. This excuse for a museum doesn't deserve a real curator, after all it is just Dorothea's vanity project for Miotte. When a serious curator who has independent and controversial ideas that may actually provide a worthwhile discussion comes along, they are censored and forced to leave. Why doesn't the Chelsea Art Museum just give up the farce and rent their building out full time for weddings and fashion shows. We don’t see these images all the time, there has been active censorship in the media. The forum that a museum can provide for sensitive, thoughtful dialogue is just about all we have left when the ‘War on Terror’ includes the relinquishment of our own freedoms.

I am really not surprised by these events. This excuse for a museum doesn’t deserve a real curator, after all it is just Dorothea’s vanity project for Miotte. When a serious curator who has independent and controversial ideas that may actually provide a worthwhile discussion comes along, they are censored and forced to leave. Why doesn’t the Chelsea Art Museum just give up the farce and rent their building out full time for weddings and fashion shows.

]]> By: John Everett Daquino http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/09/25/breaking-the-aesthetics-of-terror-at-the-chelsea-art-museum-cancelled/comment-page-1/#comment-100736 John Everett Daquino Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:02:52 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/09/25/breaking-the-aesthetics-of-terror-at-the-chelsea-art-museum-cancelled/#comment-100736 What an outrage!!! I am very curious to know how the cancellation came about. Given the fact that the Chelsea Art Museum is not a gigantic institution, I assume the director knew very well the details of the project, which I hear was about two years in the making. So, what made her decide to cancel it now? I wonder who was funding the exhibit and what pressure did they exert onto the director? As a curator and someone who thinks about issues relating to visual culture and the aestheticization of violence, I was looking forward to this exhibit and the accompanying catalog. Just as the ICP exhibition of the photographs depicting torture at Abu Ghraib sparked an intellectual conversation on the nature of the imagery, so too would have this exhibit at the Chelsea Art Museum. I hope people raise hell over this issue.... what should we do? What an outrage!!! I am very curious to know how the cancellation came about. Given the fact that the Chelsea Art Museum is not a gigantic institution, I assume the director knew very well the details of the project, which I hear was about two years in the making. So, what made her decide to cancel it now? I wonder who was funding the exhibit and what pressure did they exert onto the director? As a curator and someone who thinks about issues relating to visual culture and the aestheticization of violence, I was looking forward to this exhibit and the accompanying catalog. Just as the ICP exhibition of the photographs depicting torture at Abu Ghraib sparked an intellectual conversation on the nature of the imagery, so too would have this exhibit at the Chelsea Art Museum. I hope people raise hell over this issue…. what should we do?

]]> By: art blog http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/09/25/breaking-the-aesthetics-of-terror-at-the-chelsea-art-museum-cancelled/comment-page-1/#comment-100202 art blog Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:31:39 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/09/25/breaking-the-aesthetics-of-terror-at-the-chelsea-art-museum-cancelled/#comment-100202 Quite interesting how political it all becomes in the end. If art can't deal with these subjects then who will? Quite interesting how political it all becomes in the end. If art can’t deal with these subjects then who will?

]]> By: Kine http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/09/25/breaking-the-aesthetics-of-terror-at-the-chelsea-art-museum-cancelled/comment-page-1/#comment-100079 Kine Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:06:56 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/09/25/breaking-the-aesthetics-of-terror-at-the-chelsea-art-museum-cancelled/#comment-100079 Rent a place a do the show! screw Dorothea Kesser. Rent a place a do the show! screw Dorothea Kesser.

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