[lbo-talk] art world in crisis!

Chuck chuck at mutualaid.org
Tue Jan 30 12:08:23 PST 2007


Dennis Claxton wrote:
> Chuck wrote:


>> Who was that famous no-talent painter who hung his paintings upside
>> down? I saw one of his shows at the Hirschorn. Utter and complete
>> garbage.


> Baselitz.

Right. Baseless. Primo suckage.


> Don't you love the way Schnabel flattered himself with the way Gary
> Oldman played him in Basquiat?

Schnabel was the director or producer of that movie, right? I never saw it. I probably saw Schnabel's name and decided against seeing it. I know that Basquiat traveled in the same circles and was more interesting, but I just never got around to seeing the film.


> I've been reading Video Green: Los Angeles Art and the Triumph of
> Nothingness. It's a good look into the 90's art world and you get the
> bonus of some wonderful explications of S/m.

Cool. Edward Ruscha in leather.

One of my gallery owner friends here in KC is taking the train to DC to see the Joseph Cornell show. I'd love to see that show.

Clement Greenberg ate my brain and John Zerzan turned me into an art nihilist,

Chuck



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