Comments on: For a Limited Time Only: Delusional Downtown Divas

By: beth harper

beth harper — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:47:56 +0000

The trouble with the art world is that it’s downright pretentious- the usual vegans wearing leather jackets and starving poets whose parents pay the rent. They hide behind psuedo intellect through fear of not being seen as a real artist.

By: bb

bb — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:22:04 +0000

I am not impressed. This work is all about connections. I would have to argue that without nepotism this work would not exist at all. It would not be displayed in a gallery (whether such a thing is hard or not to accomplish) because it would never have been made without the connections and privilege these girls enjoy.

By: drillinbilliam

drillinbilliam — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 07:40:23 +0000

this video is hysterical!!!

By: sally

sally — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:58:37 +0000

nepotism… in the art world? say it ain’t so.

By: Reader: Jan 15, 2009 « updownacross

Reader: Jan 15, 2009 « updownacross — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:59:56 +0000

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By: Eageageag

Eageageag — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:49:47 +0000

If I walked into a gallery and saw some art and really liked it, and then later I found out that the artist was the son/daughter of some big player in the art world, than I wouldn’t make a big deal about nepotism. It would certainly be irrelevant from a critical perspective. Obviously it could have played a role in the artist’s career, helped them get the exhibition, etc., but it would not be intertwined with the work in some deeper sense. Based entirely on your description of the art, the event, etc., this did not appear to be the case with this particular work of art.

By: Eageageag

Eageageag — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:33:00 +0000

Nah. I’m a douchebag.

By: Art Fag City

Art Fag City — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:33:44 +0000

You basically said in your initial post that yeah nepotism had some impact on this exhibition but the stuff is good so it doesn’t really matter. That was what I was commenting on. I don’t think the nepotism played an inconsequential or ancillary role here.

Point taken. You’re right.

By: Eageageag

Eageageag — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:28:08 +0000

And yes, if you were referring to the fact that anyone can stick something on a wall and it will probably remain there for awhile, then you are right. It is easy to exhibit something in the city.

By: Eageageag

Eageageag — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:23:20 +0000

“Overall, I think it’s a bad idea to criticize talking about that experience simply because most of us don’t share it.”

I am not criticizing you for talking about nepotism in the context of this exhibition and I recognize that you mentioned the whole nepotism thing and didn’t entirely ignore it. You basically said in your initial post that yeah nepotism had some impact on this exhibition but the stuff is good so it doesn’t really matter. That was what I was commenting on. I don’t think the nepotism played an inconsequential or ancillary role here.

I am never going to see work by these artists, meet them, write about them, so perhaps I am judging things using the wrong standards. I see your point.