hello, Patricia,
The library I work for (Illinois State University) gets the Art Newspaper in
paper form, so I've never tried to access their web version. Dannant's rant
is an assault, and is so excessive that it won't hurt Piper. Her work is so
nuanced, subtle and self-critical, it just baffles me that guys like Dannant
(which is to say, boobs) find it so easy to read her as an opportunistic
bully.And honest to god, D. references Norman Mailer's "The White Negro" as
a primary text on the culture of race. The last person I remember mentioning
that text was Eldridge Cleaver, back some thirty years ago. Since D.'s other
outside reference was to 70's rap (Cypress Hill, Grandmaster Flash) it made
me wonder if maybe he was from elsewhere, like Australia, or Mars.
This is a lot of criticism for an article you haven't been able to read.
I'll see what I can do about getting you a web link.
Tim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patricia [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 9:58 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: Adrian Piper review
>
> Hi Tim:
>
> I am vaguely familiar with Adrian Piper's work, but have never heard of
> Adrian Damant, and can find nothing via a search. I have a devil of a
> time with the online version of Art Newspaper. While I can access the
> front page, nothing else seems to work. Do you have a link to this
> review? Or is it a print version?
>
> At any rate, I did check out Adrian Piper's website, which is (for the
> enlightenment of others):
>
> <http://www.adrianpiper.com/index.html>
>
> and asked her webmaster (or agent or whatever), Robert, and received the
> following reply:
>
>
> Dear Patricia,
> Thanks for your letter. We are aware of the essay, and regarding it
> and your
> letter Adrian says:
>
> "I share your sentiments and reaction completely. I can't believe
> he's
> American (if he is), and moreover can't believe he was born in the
> 20th
> century, but his article works well as comic relief."
>
> Thanks,
> Robert
>
>
>
> This, of course, would be sharing your reaction, since I sent them your
> words anonymously as a fellow arts listserver on my behalf. At any rate,
> I'm very curious. This seems a strong woman with powerful art and strong
> beliefs. I'd like to read the Damant rant.
>
> Best,
> PK
>
>
> "Porges, Timothy" wrote:
>
> I've been lurking around the Fluxlist for the last year; have
> entered into a
> couple of strings, and never started one before, but i have a
> question for
> the Brit members:
>
> There's a review published in this month's (January 2001) Art
> Newspaper,
> written by one Adrian Danant anc claiming to be a review of three
> exhibits
> of the work of Adrian Piper. He doesn't have much to say about her
> work in
> this review: mostly he restricts himself to contesting her claim to
> an
> african-american racial identity. He says that she's a white woman
> passing
> for black, as a kind of careerist ruse. I've considered the
> possibility that
> this is a kind of tasteless joke, but maybe it's not. Do any of the
> Brit
> members of this group know mister Dannant, and is he certifiable? I
> assume
> that he couldn't possibly be an american and as clueless about
> issues of
> racial history and identity as he appears to be, but maybe that's
> just
> wishful thinking, given the results of the last election.
>
> In any case, could various of you please look at the offending
> article, and
> reply, telling me that either Dannant is a known problem, or that
> I'm being
> oversensitive, here?
>
> thanks,
> Tim Porges
>
