I don't know much of her story either, though yes, she apparently had
art world connections. She seems to work mainly in film, but is
represented by a gallery. Some people on the list must be familiar
with her work? . . . However beautiful or interesting her films may
be, there are certainly many others equally worthy, I should think, so
presumably it has something to do with the networks she is in, in
addition to whatever inherent value her work has.
I could engage in a little cynicism of my own (not about her
specifically, but about art world choices in general and what drives
them), but perhaps that's easy enough for anyone to see -- and I have
to get back to work now, so am signing off for awhile . . .
MB
A little of my own cynicism: There is a certain degree of spectacle,
and of an accessibility of ideas that can be talked about that influence
On 5-Mar-12, at 11:33 PM, John Woods wrote:
>This really does seem a little too cynical. No one is suggesting
any such thing. I'm just trying to represent the work of someone
who is already well-known
>and presumably taken seriously. And I guess what it takes is being
clear about one's expectations and sticking to it.
Yes, that was a dumb, cynical remark I made. But I do have a
genuine question as to what were the circumstances that allowed
those artists to achieve their special status in the art world
presenting film in a gallery setting?
I'm mainly familiar with Stan Douglas's work of the past decade
which includes film & photography (which have sometimes been photos
related to a film), so he's got the art school and artist from
another field thing in his support but what of Tacita Dean? I havn't
seen her work but from my quick study online (ok just wikipedia) she
seems to be a filmmaker who happened to be associated with a group
of traditional artists who got some notoriety in the late 80s.
Clearly she's had a great career, but would the galleries have
called if she didn't have famous friends?
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