That little back stage bronzed and tutu'd rat phallic? Jeez, where's a cigar when you need it?
[] --- Talan Memmott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Funny how your critique of the Degas dancer > sculptures is similar what > they were panned for originally -- as being ugly, > and their content > mundane. Plus, phallic... That is not to say you are > being > conservative in your critique since they are so > entrenched in > mass-aesthetics, as you say safe icons... > > I've always seen these as perverse mannequins -- to > be dressed and > undressed. And, considering that only one was cast > in bronze during > Degas' lifetime, this seems to play as true.... a > bunch of wax > fetishes filling degas studio.... > > maybe they are safe, because the backstory is > missing... I remember > seeing people greeting one of these sculptures at > SFMOMA with a "ain't > that cute" sort of "ahhhhhhh." which always kinda > made me laugh.... > > As to macro photos of art in museums... got kicked > out of the National > Gallery in London for doing this.... of course, they > didn't tell me > 'never come back' so I did... in like 10 minutes. Of > course, zero > photography is allowed there. > > > > > > > > >believe it or not, this is exactly what I was > thinking when I was > >working > >on the series. The Degas dancers are bronze, > sometimes with wire > >netting > >for the tutu, but always phallic, as if the legs > were falling apart, > >tumored. I have no idea why they're as popular as > they are, but then > >Degas > >leaves me cold personally. In any case, they seem > 'safe' icons in an > >odd > >way, and I wanted to present otherwise. It was > difficult shooting at > >the > >Norton Simon - you're allowed to without flash, but > not exactly that > >close. -- Alan > > > > > >On Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Lanny Quarles wrote: > > > >> this is interesting alan. my sense is that the > rough frayed > >>topology, and > >> really its gridding, > >> of the head covering is a kind of analogy for > mappings; libidinal, > >>aesthetic, > >> sensory, personal, linguistic, etc. > >> also in the sense of a weaving, mappings as > weavings or vast > >>constructionist > >> integrals in a calculus > >> of embodiment, and the sense that the rough > edges, the "severed' or > >> 'cross-sectional' (sampled?) topology, > >> as it were, is a reflection of coding practices, > or the praxis of > >> instantiation by/within the individual agent, > >> an imperfect "imaging" of larger vectors, dogmas, > genetics, beliefs, > >>etc. am > >> I even close? > >> And even the idea of the physicality of topology > as a kind of > >>'filter' > >> (re:perception) is reflected > >> in the synthetic pixel filtering beneathe the > shroud-topology. as if > >>the > >> coding of the filter produces > >> not only inner instantiations but external ones > as well, which of > >>course is > >> the abolition of the > >> subject/object dichotomy in any deconstruction > which in this case > >>seems to > >> point to "constructionism" > >> as it universal agent.. perhaps the frayed edges > define the > >>deconstructive > >> agency, as if this particular > >> individual or object has been wrenched from the > grid, and these > >>loose fibers > >> represent a kind of > >> annoyance to the smoothness of the artifice of > "culture" or > >>"perception" as > >> an institution of the socium. > >> > >> lq. > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Alan Sondheim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 9:13 AM > >> Subject: Degas' Dancer, deconstruction, the west > >> > >> > >>> deconstruction of > >>> > >>> deconstruction of Degas > >>> deconstruction of Painting > >>> deconstruction of Impressionism > >>> deconstruction of The West > >>> deconstruction of Culture > >>> deconstruction of Perception > >>> deconstruction of The Real > >>> > >>> http://www.asondheim.org/degaslegs3.jpg > >>> http://www.asondheim.org/degaslegs4.jpg > >>> http://www.asondheim.org/degasribbon.jpg > >>> > >>> > >>> _ > >>> > >> > > > >( URLs/DVDs/CDroms/books/etc. see > http://www.asondheim.org/advert.txt > >- > >revised 7/05 ) > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
