Annie, Personally, I would not mind being made fun of this way because of its thoughtfulness. It's actually a compliment. If it were just another art-school Neo-Futurist screed, I might be irritated or maybe even angry, but Abramopug is actually funny. In a (possible) letter I am composing, I think that some of the blue-chips need to be held accountable for their bad practices, and from the table at the LACMA to Seven Easy Pieces, to having a kickstarter, taking an Adidas ad for the World Cup, then turning around and offering four high-labor unpaid jobs, MA has (at least in a mediated fashion) shown a pretty hollow discourse of the humane. In my opinion, it looks like she has gone from Rhythm 0 to Nothing and turned herself into a brand that seems indifferent to fame or compensation to her staff, where Murakami is a star-maker, and Jeff Koons pays well.
It is not that I do not respect Marina's incredible contribution to the field, I feel like dancing with Jay-Z, the bit with Lady Gaga, Nothing, etc. have made her into a caricature of the incredibly brave woman who had the arrow pointing directly at her heart. In short, I sometimes think that she has grown tired of risk and seeks to cash in and pass the torch on while doing so, or potentially making the MAI a performance art sideshow. I certainly hope I'm wrong, but that is what it looks like from here. I'm being very strong in my criticism, and I will knock down my house of cards if I am wrong, but I just feel that she could be such a champion for future generations. And is more focused on herself. That is her right, but I don't have to support it.
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