Comments | lordandrei: Art Walk in Pioneer Square (it gets deep)

lordandrei

Art Walk in Pioneer Square (it gets deep)

Jul 08, 2005 11:57

It's interesting. Part of the reason I left L.A. was to get away from the fabricated world. How ever, any big city art scene is going to have fabricated people. By fabricated, I mean that people make themselves up to be what they think will be noticeable and appreciable rather than an extension of themselves ( Read more... )

analysis, art, soul, directing

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stillraven July 8 2005, 12:09:58 UTC

Turns out the group protests everything aroudn the city--
www.kooksclub.com

By the way, Had a Great time last night lordandrei July 8 2005, 12:18:36 UTC

Sorry we were tired and off our game. It was a lot of fun. And despite the dark story towards the clowns above, I had an enjoyable evening. :) Looking forwards to the next outing.

Erotic art brandywilliams July 8 2005, 16:37:17 UTC

Did you go into the Lusty Lady? A little known art venue downtown. I kid you not, I am the erotic art reporter for Sexuality.org. You don't have to pay, you just walk in the front door, and there is art in the front lobby. For some years they had several pieces of Jennifer Spear's girly-girl art but I think they're rotating again now.

I recommend the Erotic Art Festival next year.

cali_nic July 8 2005, 17:52:30 UTC

Thing is... and it's possible that this is the flu talking... but anyway, the thing is that I'm not sure what the exact point of the clown people was. Were they saying art was bad or SHOWING OFF the art was bad or were they artists themselves and part of the experience? Did they have a point? If you're going to protest something it seems like art is the wrong type of thing to be focusing on.

As for your fantasy thingie. Hee. =) I'm not so sure I'd be comfortable with the whole death and dying part but I can definitely see why your mind went there. But the thing I don't like is that the clowns made the artist dude into an ass. Once again, maybe it's the flu talking but it feels counterproductive.

I don't know what kind of a response you were looking for but that's all my mind can come up with at this point.

jackal_child July 11 2005, 22:53:00 UTC

*ponders* Well, being an art student and having done a few shows, you're not wrong in saying some folks a pretty shallow because some of them really are. I find that some just don't speak for themselves very well, though. Some, not all. With art that I really question the true motives of, I either look for or ask the gallery if they have an artist statement for the piece and sometimes it interesting to see what the artist has to say when they're not put on the spot. I'm kind of like that sometimes, mainly because I do so many things, so when I get asked what kind of stuff I do, it's hard to lob it into something easily explainable and I clip it down the basics. I imagine it probably sounds a bit shallow at the level, but if the interest is there and someone wants to know about a particular piece, sure, more detail can be given. I've occasionally seen similar patterns with classmates and their work, but sometimes, there really is nothing else there, even though the piece may be pretty thought provoking. It's things like *that* that I ( ... )