Saw jerry do his act the other day - he wants to be a jewish baudrillard in vegas -
On 6/8/10 6:12 PM, "William Conger" <[email protected]> wrote: Overlooked by whom? I happen to know Jerry Saltz who is much involved as a participant on that forthcoming TV reality show. As a major art critic, I think he separates the fun of the show from the reality of art in the world --- although I do think he stands very close to the boiling cauldron where high art and low culture can steam up his glasses. Almost all serious artists, and good ones, are overlooked. They will remain overlooked. Think of all the people who led very productive lives, achieved much, and then after they died, the material records of their whole lives could fit into a shoebox, scarcely covering the bottom. I've seen that over and over again. wc ----- Original Message ---- From: joseph berg <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, June 8, 2010 4:36:22 PM Subject: Re: b I hope that people will feel more comfortable talking about their opinions about art, or wanting to have opinions about art.b But is a work of art so different from a performance on a reality show? Won't you be overlooked: - If your work/performance is "more subtle and less daring than those of [your]...peers" and if you are "...drawn to the fragile and transient? http://www.timesrepublican.com/page/content.detail/id/526044.html On 6/6/10, William Conger <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, my 'aesthetic' standards are too way high to even notice this. Must > be > because I'm used to the best. > wc > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: joseph > berg <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sun, June 6, > 2010 8:28:37 PM > Subject: Re: b I hope that people will feel more comfortable > talking about their opinions about art, or wanting to have opinions about > art.b > > We need to do whatever it takes to attract attention. > > Dr. Conger, > pay attention puh-lease!: > http://www.bsideblog.com/images/2010/04/4-6-2010-HW-22.jpg > > > On Sun, Jun 6, > 2010 at 2:08 PM, William Conger <[email protected]>wrote: > >> If you > offered your own opinion instead of trolling and gave a few reasons >> to >> > support it, I'd enjoy hearing it over dinner with you at a fancy >> > restaurant. >> Maybe the conversation would be interesting enough to completely > turn away >> any >> TV BRAVO types. >> wc >> >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> > From: joseph berg >> <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> > Sent: Sun, June 6, 2010 >> 6:54:34 PM >> Subject: b I hope that people will feel > more comfortable talking >> about their opinions about art, or wanting to have > opinions about art.b >> Maybe we should contact BRAVO and suggest to them the > following new >> program: >> - REAL POSTERS OF AESTHETICS-L >> >> In the debut > segment, we could all be at a >> fancy restaurant and everytime I >> offer an > opinion, Dr. Conger would scold me. >> At the climax of the episode, we would > both get sooooo mad at each other >> that >> we would try to flip over our end > of the dining table all the >> while screaming >> at each other at the top of > our lungs: >> >> - PROSTITUTION WHORE! >> >> After that >> episode, we could > contact BRAVO and ask for more money. >> >> LOT more. >> >> Make that >> a WHOLE > lot more: >> >> > http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2010/06/art-worlds-collide-here-comes- >> the-reality-tv-show-about-art.html --
