I'm sitting here eating my hat because I just saw a very informed and positive review on my retrospective by Mr. Miller in Chicago's New Cty newspaper. My thanks to him and I even urge him to make himself known to the people at ArtNews and Art in America. Both magazines need better coverage of non-NY exhibitions and artists and Miller, despite his twisty ways here on the list, has proven himself adept with insightful, researched, professional reviewing. And I'm saying this as a guy who never misses the chance to rake Miller over the hot coals of art babbledom. So I'm paying attention.
Before beginning to eat my hat, I tipped it to Miller for his perceptive look at my work. And we all know his personal preferences lay with other choices. WC --- On Mon, 2/16/09, Chris Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Chris Miller <[email protected]> > Subject: "But if there is a crisis, it is not a crisis of pow r; it's a > crisis of knowledge. Simply put, we don't know enough, about the past or > abou t any cultures other than our own." > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, February 16, 2009, 10:50 AM > >"Making art is one of the most private intellectual > things a person can do. > It is a solitary adventure with a public purpose. You > can't turn it around so > that a public adventure is a private purpose and still call > it art. > WC > > Aren't you doing that if you apply the word > 'art' to statuary found in the > Valley of the Kings ? > > Perhaps the era of the "solitary adventure" is > over, or, at least, is moving > to the periphery as the public adventure is moving to the > center. > > Recalling my own preferences - -- I've found the > solitary adventures (like > Edvard Munch) can be entertaining, but the public > adventures (like Duccio) can > be more profound. They seem to be carrying a heavier > weight of > responsibility: collective, even cosmic, as well as > personal. > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Financial Career Training - Click Here. > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/PnY6rc20AmOcu29XGoUKnWjnaCUW4C > KFJuoiw563qUKHxEgUpde40/
