Some highlights from the final critique
"She's famous for taking supposedly un-posed pictures of friends on toilets...because that's realism." Fraser Ward
"And that's sarcasm." Fraser Stables
"Well, the thing is she always has that in her pocket, so-" Girl
"Well, the thing is I don't care." Fraser Ward
"It may not be art to you, but I see it as art." Girl
"Unfortunately for you, I'm an art historian, and I get to decide what art is." Fraser Ward
"Blah blah another girl, who I don't care about, revealing her personality, which I don't care about." Fraser Ward
"There is this epidemic at Smith of people thinking that their identities are mutable, that they can decide who they are." Fraser Ward
"That tattoo...is it a heart or a cabbage?" Fraser Ward
"What I like about this picture is that...well, strike that, I don't really like it at all." Fraser Ward
"See, the problem with your series is that it's a portraiture, and I find that I couldn't care less about your subject." Fraser Ward
"I can't tell what she is-oh of course, she's a dominatrix." Fraser Ward, commenting on a picture of a girl in a black dress from the shoulders up
"yes, that is where the mind jumps...?!?!" Fraser Stables
"this picture to me is problematic because the words VIRGIN are emblazoned on a billboard and a little girl is walking in the foreground into some unknown shadowy future. Are you shooting for perversion?" Fraser Ward
While most people found all of this offensive, I found myself agreeing with half of what he said. I was equal parts amused and provoked. I think that is a good thing....
But Fraser Stables remains my favorite Fraser.
"And that's sarcasm." Fraser Stables
"Well, the thing is she always has that in her pocket, so-" Girl
"Well, the thing is I don't care." Fraser Ward
"It may not be art to you, but I see it as art." Girl
"Unfortunately for you, I'm an art historian, and I get to decide what art is." Fraser Ward
"Blah blah another girl, who I don't care about, revealing her personality, which I don't care about." Fraser Ward
"There is this epidemic at Smith of people thinking that their identities are mutable, that they can decide who they are." Fraser Ward
"That tattoo...is it a heart or a cabbage?" Fraser Ward
"What I like about this picture is that...well, strike that, I don't really like it at all." Fraser Ward
"See, the problem with your series is that it's a portraiture, and I find that I couldn't care less about your subject." Fraser Ward
"I can't tell what she is-oh of course, she's a dominatrix." Fraser Ward, commenting on a picture of a girl in a black dress from the shoulders up
"yes, that is where the mind jumps...?!?!" Fraser Stables
"this picture to me is problematic because the words VIRGIN are emblazoned on a billboard and a little girl is walking in the foreground into some unknown shadowy future. Are you shooting for perversion?" Fraser Ward
While most people found all of this offensive, I found myself agreeing with half of what he said. I was equal parts amused and provoked. I think that is a good thing....
But Fraser Stables remains my favorite Fraser.