POST BY PADDY JOHNSON
Nao Bustamante, t-shirt
Bravo’s Work of Art contestant and performance artist Nao Bustamante is already selling t-shirts of her sort-of famous line, “I’m not responsible for your experience of my work.” Even though we described the claim as absurd Thursday — this was a reality show portrait competition not a revisitation of Allen Kaprow’s writings — we’re contemplating purchasing a few for the office. It’s a great line. (Hat tip: David Harper)
Not to beat the Work of Art Horse to death, but Brian Moylan’s comments last week on Gawker about why Jackson Pollock and all other contemporary art sucks made at least one reader ask if there were any other field in which ignorance from the mainstream press is so acceptable. “If you said, I really hate all that honking in Jazz, you’d never get a job writing again,” he observed.
The hope is that Bravo’s Work of Art will tone down the general level of anger and ignorance the public directs towards art. It’s a long shot, but I think these T-shirts help.
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Quite excellent !!!
🙂
Quite excellent !!!
🙂
“If you said, I really hate all that honking in Jazz, you’d never get a job writing again,â€
Paddy, that’s an amazing quote. I poked around Gawker but couldn’t find it, though, where did you find it?
“If you said, I really hate all that honking in Jazz, you’d never get a job writing again,â€
Paddy, that’s an amazing quote. I poked around Gawker but couldn’t find it, though, where did you find it?
“If you said, I really hate all that honking in Jazz, you’d never get a job writing again,â€
Paddy, that’s an amazing quote. I poked around Gawker but couldn’t find it, though, where did you find it?
Brilliant!
Brilliant!
Great idea! with an upcoming exhibition at http://www.baerridgway.com in SF in June-July.
Great idea! with an upcoming exhibition at http://www.baerridgway.com in SF in June-July.
Great idea! with an upcoming exhibition at http://www.baerridgway.com in SF in June-July.
I got it! hahaha wore it to the office meeting.
I got it! hahaha wore it to the office meeting.
I got it! hahaha wore it to the office meeting.
I got it! hahaha wore it to the office meeting.
fucking hilarious
fucking hilarious
actually… slightly less hilarious knowing that she had them made herself… but still funny…
actually… slightly less hilarious knowing that she had them made herself… but still funny…
actually… slightly less hilarious knowing that she had them made herself… but still funny…
Nao, she get’s us art students for sure. I can’t quite decide what would be the most appropriate occasion for this spiffy T: my 8:30 am crit class or some stuffy, Chicago River North opening.
Nao, she get’s us art students for sure. I can’t quite decide what would be the most appropriate occasion for this spiffy T: my 8:30 am crit class or some stuffy, Chicago River North opening.
wait, “I’m not responsible for your experience of my work†is absurd? I actually think it makes perfect sense. Of course you want your work to mean something to other people, but it has to mean something to the artist first. You’re not selling a sofa. Maybe it didn’t work for the judges (I haven’t seen the show) but I don’t think art should hold your hand.
It’s not like this is the first time she’s gotten a critique, either. She’s a working artist on a show produced by Sarah Jessica Parker. Which is more absurd?
wait, “I’m not responsible for your experience of my work†is absurd? I actually think it makes perfect sense. Of course you want your work to mean something to other people, but it has to mean something to the artist first. You’re not selling a sofa. Maybe it didn’t work for the judges (I haven’t seen the show) but I don’t think art should hold your hand.
It’s not like this is the first time she’s gotten a critique, either. She’s a working artist on a show produced by Sarah Jessica Parker. Which is more absurd?
wait, “I’m not responsible for your experience of my work†is absurd? I actually think it makes perfect sense. Of course you want your work to mean something to other people, but it has to mean something to the artist first. You’re not selling a sofa. Maybe it didn’t work for the judges (I haven’t seen the show) but I don’t think art should hold your hand.
It’s not like this is the first time she’s gotten a critique, either. She’s a working artist on a show produced by Sarah Jessica Parker. Which is more absurd?
Great quote, but I can’t believe this reality show chick is getting credit for it–it’s been floating around for YEARS.
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