Comments on: Art Fag City at The L Magazine: Misogyny By Any Other Name http://www.artfagcity.com/2009/06/02/art-fag-city-at-the-l-magazine-misogyny-by-any-other-name/ As relevant as Eric Fischl. New York art news, reviews and gossip. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:56:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Ed http://www.artfagcity.com/2009/06/02/art-fag-city-at-the-l-magazine-misogyny-by-any-other-name/comment-page-1/#comment-151385 Ed Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:29:52 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/?p=6819#comment-151385 I have to point out that the cars aren't "impaled" on the poles, but wrapped around them. There really isn't any penetration of any kind going on here. From a sexual metaphor stance, wouldn't it be closer to masturbation? The wrapping of the cars over the "penile pole" like a hand and the plucking away of the foam (or whatever) to make the female images. Again with the hands. I have to point out that the cars aren’t “impaled” on the poles, but wrapped around them. There really isn’t any penetration of any kind going on here. From a sexual metaphor stance, wouldn’t it be closer to masturbation? The wrapping of the cars over the “penile pole” like a hand and the plucking away of the foam (or whatever) to make the female images. Again with the hands.

]]> By: Giovanni http://www.artfagcity.com/2009/06/02/art-fag-city-at-the-l-magazine-misogyny-by-any-other-name/comment-page-1/#comment-150699 Giovanni Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:44:48 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/?p=6819#comment-150699 @Art Fag City \nMaybe I'm more of a butt-man? @Art Fag City \nMaybe I’m more of a butt-man?

]]> By: Art Fag City http://www.artfagcity.com/2009/06/02/art-fag-city-at-the-l-magazine-misogyny-by-any-other-name/comment-page-1/#comment-150370 Art Fag City Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:24:37 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/?p=6819#comment-150370 @Giovanni You're not the only person to have said they didn't see the vaginas, which I have to say surprised the hell out of me when I heard it. It was literally the first thing I noticed when I entered the show. @Giovanni You’re not the only person to have said they didn’t see the vaginas, which I have to say surprised the hell out of me when I heard it. It was literally the first thing I noticed when I entered the show.

]]> By: Giovanni http://www.artfagcity.com/2009/06/02/art-fag-city-at-the-l-magazine-misogyny-by-any-other-name/comment-page-1/#comment-150368 Giovanni Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:18:15 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/?p=6819#comment-150368 I can't say I see the vaginas in the car crashes (I assumed instead that they were facile references to John Chamberlain/JG Ballard), but I do agree that this type ostentatiously expensive, spectacular photo-ready art is the epitome of pre-recession art. As for the naked-lady pieces, they seem to be 10th-generation Polke/Richter knock-offs. I expect all this work to begin appearing in international surveys/biennials/art fairs pretty soon. I can’t say I see the vaginas in the car crashes (I assumed instead that they were facile references to John Chamberlain/JG Ballard), but I do agree that this type ostentatiously expensive, spectacular photo-ready art is the epitome of pre-recession art.

As for the naked-lady pieces, they seem to be 10th-generation Polke/Richter knock-offs.

I expect all this work to begin appearing in international surveys/biennials/art fairs pretty soon.

]]> By: Karen Archey http://www.artfagcity.com/2009/06/02/art-fag-city-at-the-l-magazine-misogyny-by-any-other-name/comment-page-1/#comment-150298 Karen Archey Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:02:46 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/?p=6819#comment-150298 The more I think about this review, the more I agree with you, Paddy. Initially I never considered the labial/penile aspect of Skreber's "pluck paintings" as I was hung up on their unapologetic wastefulness. Friedrich Petzel Gallery actually paid for these cars AND for them to be crashed at a test site! I never thought I would consider a show to be so "pre-recession." The more I think about this review, the more I agree with you, Paddy. Initially I never considered the labial/penile aspect of Skreber’s “pluck paintings” as I was hung up on their unapologetic wastefulness. Friedrich Petzel Gallery actually paid for these cars AND for them to be crashed at a test site! I never thought I would consider a show to be so “pre-recession.”

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