Greetings Economists,
Ahh yes the art world. Execrable delights like Jeff Koons and Julien
Schnabel. Bleeeugh. Still paw their way into national consciousness
as giants of an era. Heave.
The problem with the art world is not so much bullshit as scarcity of
support for artists. The market based system is not a support for
'schools' of art. Not a standard of professionalism. You can't
expect a gallery to promote movements.
There is a lot of interesting art out there. There isn't a lot of
decent left wing examination of U.S. art. In fact where is the left
wing audience? Said another way where is working class culture?
There is a synergy between deeper thinking about the left culture and
the mass who supports it. I'm especially concerned to see Beavis and
Butthead irreverence substitute for understanding in the the need
about what to say to workers about working class culture so to speak.
thanks,
Doyle Saylor
On Mar 26, 2009, at 11:36 AM, Louis Proyect wrote:
The documentary “Guest of Cindy Sherman” is the definitive study of
a contemporary art world that Eric Bogosian, one of the film’s
astute interviewees, calls “completely bullshit”. Directed by and
featuring Paul H-O (the initials stand for the surnames of his
Japanese mother and American father: Hasegawa-Overacker), a long-
time denizen of the art world who was host of the public access
cable TV show GalleryBeat in the 1980s, it examines the celebrity,
ambition, power, and money that taints the art world. It even
affected his long-time relationship with Cindy Sherman, who
personifies those aspects of a world largely indistinguishable from
Wall Street-its principal benefactor.
full: http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/guest-of-cindy-sherman/
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