And his estate keeps up those standards for the presentation of his work in galleries and museums. More power to them. Most galleries & museums don¹t give a damn, white walls, uncomfortable seats, sound bleed, etc. Would they show paintings in rooms with no lights?
Well, anyway, an old situation, always fresh. On 3/5/12 9:44 AM, "Steve Polta" <stevepo...@yahoo.com> wrote: > My understanding of this situation with Conner and the "2000 B.C." exhibit(s) > (which I saw at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco) is that Conner *insisted* > that the film work be displayed in this way and was intimately involved in the > design of all aspects of the exhibit. It was pretty common knowledge that > Conner was extremely controlling of the way his work was exhibited and (I > believe) he had actually nixed previous career retrospectives offered by > museums when he felt the quality of display not up to his standards. I agree > that this show really set the bar high for the gallery exhibition of film and > I credit Bruce Conner, in his unique Bruce Conner-ness, for forcing it to > happen. Could other artists do this? Do they have his juice, his mojo? It > would be nice if they would try, to try and force the issue, but I get the > sense that to many it's generally just enough to get in the door, you know? > > Steve Polta > > > > --- On Sun, 3/4/12, marilyn brakhage <v...@shaw.ca> wrote: >> >> From: marilyn brakhage <v...@shaw.ca> >> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] experimental film in the art world >> To: "Experimental Film Discussion List" <frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com> >> Date: Sunday, March 4, 2012, 11:30 PM >> >> I didn't see that exhibition, unfortunately. But Bruce Conner also had a >> gallery/art world history and connections for his work in other media, aside >> from film. It's the people who are "only" filmmakers who sometimes have more >> of a struggle with getting their work shown as it should be. >> Marilyn >> >> On 4-Mar-12, at 6:31 PM, Myron Ort wrote: >> >>> all I know is how impressed I was with the Bruce Conner retrospective in >>> Los Angeles at MOCA a many few years ago. All of his modes of working were >>> well presented.Bruce Conner! >>> >>> Myron Ort
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