Comments on: Art Stars Guide Blindfolded Artists: Gelitin at Greene Naftali http://www.artfagcity.com/2010/02/01/art-stars-guide-blindfolded-artists-gelitin-at-greene-naftali/ New York art news and reviews. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jacobhttp://www.artfagcity.com/2010/02/01/art-stars-guide-blindfolded-artists-gelitin-at-greene-naftali/comment-page-1/#comment-221325 jacob Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:53:33 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/?p=12367#comment-221325 I felt the same way about Spencer Sweeney's Theatre Workshop/ rehearsal-as-art exhibit recently at Gavin Brown. I didn't see the final performance though... I felt the same way about Spencer Sweeney’s Theatre Workshop/ rehearsal-as-art exhibit recently at Gavin Brown. I didn’t see the final performance though…

]]> By: jacobhttp://www.artfagcity.com/2010/02/01/art-stars-guide-blindfolded-artists-gelitin-at-greene-naftali/comment-page-1/#comment-318756 jacob Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:53:00 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/?p=12367#comment-318756 I felt the same way about Spencer Sweeney's Theatre Workshop/ rehearsal-as-art exhibit recently at Gavin Brown. I didn't see the final performance though... I felt the same way about Spencer Sweeney’s Theatre Workshop/ rehearsal-as-art exhibit recently at Gavin Brown. I didn’t see the final performance though…

]]> By: jacobhttp://www.artfagcity.com/2010/02/01/art-stars-guide-blindfolded-artists-gelitin-at-greene-naftali/comment-page-1/#comment-318757 jacob Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:53:00 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/?p=12367#comment-318757 I felt the same way about Spencer Sweeney's Theatre Workshop/ rehearsal-as-art exhibit recently at Gavin Brown. I didn't see the final performance though... I felt the same way about Spencer Sweeney’s Theatre Workshop/ rehearsal-as-art exhibit recently at Gavin Brown. I didn’t see the final performance though…

]]> By: jacobhttp://www.artfagcity.com/2010/02/01/art-stars-guide-blindfolded-artists-gelitin-at-greene-naftali/comment-page-1/#comment-318758 jacob Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:53:00 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/?p=12367#comment-318758 I felt the same way about Spencer Sweeney's Theatre Workshop/ rehearsal-as-art exhibit recently at Gavin Brown. I didn't see the final performance though... I felt the same way about Spencer Sweeney’s Theatre Workshop/ rehearsal-as-art exhibit recently at Gavin Brown. I didn’t see the final performance though…

]]> By: malamaponohttp://www.artfagcity.com/2010/02/01/art-stars-guide-blindfolded-artists-gelitin-at-greene-naftali/comment-page-1/#comment-219721 malamapono Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:18:55 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/?p=12367#comment-219721 the arguments being presented, which i understand, remind me of a permanent public exhibit that i saw while visiting different cities. one in particular (but speaks for the potential malaise in this) had outdoor sculptures noted with signage in braille. thus, people who could see the work could not read about it, and those who could read about it were unable to see it. get it?? gotcha, but not really. hence, a reminder in that as well as the experience, it's seems a contradiction compared to organized or structured art or styles making integral statements about social, cultural, or spritual shisms or ?question marks?. as someone else mentioned with duchamp -- symbolists, dada, surrealism, futurism, modernism....la la la. yet, there was a projection not projectile vomit, thus just a mess to clean up, repeat, repeat, delete.in seeing this, it's yet another reminder of how one considers multiple purported social 'crises' when creations or presentations are merely messy tapestries, or a loom with a view where guests or participants are free to then snip with scissors, knifes, or other blades -- simply to do it and simply to waste....no statement, just redundant platitudes so with ad nauseum it puts nausea to the experience.good night. the arguments being presented, which i understand, remind me of a permanent public exhibit that i saw while visiting different cities. one in particular (but speaks for the potential malaise in this) had outdoor sculptures noted with signage in braille. thus, people who could see the work could not read about it, and those who could read about it were unable to see it. get it?? gotcha, but not really. hence, a reminder in that as well as the experience, it’s seems a contradiction compared to organized or structured art or styles making integral statements about social, cultural, or spritual shisms or ?question marks?. as someone else mentioned with duchamp — symbolists, dada, surrealism, futurism, modernism….la la la. yet, there was a projection not projectile vomit, thus just a mess to clean up, repeat, repeat, delete.

in seeing this, it’s yet another reminder of how one considers multiple purported social ‘crises’ when creations or presentations are merely messy tapestries, or a loom with a view where guests or participants are free to then snip with scissors, knifes, or other blades — simply to do it and simply to waste….no statement, just redundant platitudes so with ad nauseum it puts nausea to the experience.

good night.

]]> By: malamaponohttp://www.artfagcity.com/2010/02/01/art-stars-guide-blindfolded-artists-gelitin-at-greene-naftali/comment-page-1/#comment-318753 malamapono Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:18:00 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/?p=12367#comment-318753 the arguments being presented, which i understand, remind me of a permanent public exhibit that i saw while visiting different cities. one in particular (but speaks for the potential malaise in this) had outdoor sculptures noted with signage in braille. thus, people who could see the work could not read about it, and those who could read about it were unable to see it. get it?? gotcha, but not really. hence, a reminder in that as well as the experience, it's seems a contradiction compared to organized or structured art or styles making integral statements about social, cultural, or spritual shisms or ?question marks?. as someone else mentioned with duchamp -- symbolists, dada, surrealism, futurism, modernism....la la la. yet, there was a projection not projectile vomit, thus just a mess to clean up, repeat, repeat, delete.in seeing this, it's yet another reminder of how one considers multiple purported social 'crises' when creations or presentations are merely messy tapestries, or a loom with a view where guests or participants are free to then snip with scissors, knifes, or other blades -- simply to do it and simply to waste....no statement, just redundant platitudes so with ad nauseum it puts nausea to the experience.good night. the arguments being presented, which i understand, remind me of a permanent public exhibit that i saw while visiting different cities. one in particular (but speaks for the potential malaise in this) had outdoor sculptures noted with signage in braille. thus, people who could see the work could not read about it, and those who could read about it were unable to see it. get it?? gotcha, but not really. hence, a reminder in that as well as the experience, it’s seems a contradiction compared to organized or structured art or styles making integral statements about social, cultural, or spritual shisms or ?question marks?. as someone else mentioned with duchamp — symbolists, dada, surrealism, futurism, modernism….la la la. yet, there was a projection not projectile vomit, thus just a mess to clean up, repeat, repeat, delete.

in seeing this, it’s yet another reminder of how one considers multiple purported social ‘crises’ when creations or presentations are merely messy tapestries, or a loom with a view where guests or participants are free to then snip with scissors, knifes, or other blades — simply to do it and simply to waste….no statement, just redundant platitudes so with ad nauseum it puts nausea to the experience.

good night.

]]> By: malamaponohttp://www.artfagcity.com/2010/02/01/art-stars-guide-blindfolded-artists-gelitin-at-greene-naftali/comment-page-1/#comment-318754 malamapono Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:18:00 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/?p=12367#comment-318754 the arguments being presented, which i understand, remind me of a permanent public exhibit that i saw while visiting different cities. one in particular (but speaks for the potential malaise in this) had outdoor sculptures noted with signage in braille. thus, people who could see the work could not read about it, and those who could read about it were unable to see it. get it?? gotcha, but not really. hence, a reminder in that as well as the experience, it's seems a contradiction compared to organized or structured art or styles making integral statements about social, cultural, or spritual shisms or ?question marks?. as someone else mentioned with duchamp -- symbolists, dada, surrealism, futurism, modernism....la la la. yet, there was a projection not projectile vomit, thus just a mess to clean up, repeat, repeat, delete.in seeing this, it's yet another reminder of how one considers multiple purported social 'crises' when creations or presentations are merely messy tapestries, or a loom with a view where guests or participants are free to then snip with scissors, knifes, or other blades -- simply to do it and simply to waste....no statement, just redundant platitudes so with ad nauseum it puts nausea to the experience.good night. the arguments being presented, which i understand, remind me of a permanent public exhibit that i saw while visiting different cities. one in particular (but speaks for the potential malaise in this) had outdoor sculptures noted with signage in braille. thus, people who could see the work could not read about it, and those who could read about it were unable to see it. get it?? gotcha, but not really. hence, a reminder in that as well as the experience, it’s seems a contradiction compared to organized or structured art or styles making integral statements about social, cultural, or spritual shisms or ?question marks?. as someone else mentioned with duchamp — symbolists, dada, surrealism, futurism, modernism….la la la. yet, there was a projection not projectile vomit, thus just a mess to clean up, repeat, repeat, delete.

in seeing this, it’s yet another reminder of how one considers multiple purported social ‘crises’ when creations or presentations are merely messy tapestries, or a loom with a view where guests or participants are free to then snip with scissors, knifes, or other blades — simply to do it and simply to waste….no statement, just redundant platitudes so with ad nauseum it puts nausea to the experience.

good night.

]]> By: malamaponohttp://www.artfagcity.com/2010/02/01/art-stars-guide-blindfolded-artists-gelitin-at-greene-naftali/comment-page-1/#comment-318755 malamapono Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:18:00 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/?p=12367#comment-318755 the arguments being presented, which i understand, remind me of a permanent public exhibit that i saw while visiting different cities. one in particular (but speaks for the potential malaise in this) had outdoor sculptures noted with signage in braille. thus, people who could see the work could not read about it, and those who could read about it were unable to see it. get it?? gotcha, but not really. hence, a reminder in that as well as the experience, it's seems a contradiction compared to organized or structured art or styles making integral statements about social, cultural, or spritual shisms or ?question marks?. as someone else mentioned with duchamp -- symbolists, dada, surrealism, futurism, modernism....la la la. yet, there was a projection not projectile vomit, thus just a mess to clean up, repeat, repeat, delete.in seeing this, it's yet another reminder of how one considers multiple purported social 'crises' when creations or presentations are merely messy tapestries, or a loom with a view where guests or participants are free to then snip with scissors, knifes, or other blades -- simply to do it and simply to waste....no statement, just redundant platitudes so with ad nauseum it puts nausea to the experience.good night. the arguments being presented, which i understand, remind me of a permanent public exhibit that i saw while visiting different cities. one in particular (but speaks for the potential malaise in this) had outdoor sculptures noted with signage in braille. thus, people who could see the work could not read about it, and those who could read about it were unable to see it. get it?? gotcha, but not really. hence, a reminder in that as well as the experience, it’s seems a contradiction compared to organized or structured art or styles making integral statements about social, cultural, or spritual shisms or ?question marks?. as someone else mentioned with duchamp — symbolists, dada, surrealism, futurism, modernism….la la la. yet, there was a projection not projectile vomit, thus just a mess to clean up, repeat, repeat, delete.

in seeing this, it’s yet another reminder of how one considers multiple purported social ‘crises’ when creations or presentations are merely messy tapestries, or a loom with a view where guests or participants are free to then snip with scissors, knifes, or other blades — simply to do it and simply to waste….no statement, just redundant platitudes so with ad nauseum it puts nausea to the experience.

good night.

]]> By: greg,orghttp://www.artfagcity.com/2010/02/01/art-stars-guide-blindfolded-artists-gelitin-at-greene-naftali/comment-page-1/#comment-219712 greg,org Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:34:56 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/?p=12367#comment-219712 billy, ¶. ¶, billy.I think the performative element is explicit here. I mean, it's a stage set surrounded by bleachers.As for the art stars, it's basically like weekly episodes of Love Boat. Even though it's incredibly formulaic, the special guest stars add enough novelty to keep people interested week after week. And so it's the formula--and the main characters, Gopher et al/Gelitin--who come out ahead.Though it sounds like they all want to be Julie the coked-out cruise director. billy, ¶. ¶, billy.

I think the performative element is explicit here. I mean, it’s a stage set surrounded by bleachers.

As for the art stars, it’s basically like weekly episodes of Love Boat. Even though it’s incredibly formulaic, the special guest stars add enough novelty to keep people interested week after week. And so it’s the formula–and the main characters, Gopher et al/Gelitin–who come out ahead.

Though it sounds like they all want to be Julie the coked-out cruise director.

]]> By: greg,orghttp://www.artfagcity.com/2010/02/01/art-stars-guide-blindfolded-artists-gelitin-at-greene-naftali/comment-page-1/#comment-318750 greg,org Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:34:00 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/?p=12367#comment-318750 billy, ¶. ¶, billy.I think the performative element is explicit here. I mean, it's a stage set surrounded by bleachers.As for the art stars, it's basically like weekly episodes of Love Boat. Even though it's incredibly formulaic, the special guest stars add enough novelty to keep people interested week after week. And so it's the formula--and the main characters, Gopher et al/Gelitin--who come out ahead.Though it sounds like they all want to be Julie the coked-out cruise director. billy, ¶. ¶, billy.

I think the performative element is explicit here. I mean, it’s a stage set surrounded by bleachers.

As for the art stars, it’s basically like weekly episodes of Love Boat. Even though it’s incredibly formulaic, the special guest stars add enough novelty to keep people interested week after week. And so it’s the formula–and the main characters, Gopher et al/Gelitin–who come out ahead.

Though it sounds like they all want to be Julie the coked-out cruise director.

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