tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342911384518459004.post4396445740434566677..comments2023-10-25T03:38:09.523-04:00Comments on Unedit my heart: Recommended: Carte Blanche, Seth Scriver, Ivan & Heather MorrisonLeah Sandalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13586221448338828889noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342911384518459004.post-1893389104575204632009-11-25T21:52:27.574-05:002009-11-25T21:52:27.574-05:00hi, neditpasmoncoeur.blogspot.com!
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By that I mean that painting is still potent for all the reasons it is counted as such, or has historically been counted as such, but equally it is ridiculous for all the reasons that it is called so or has been called so.<BR/>I sure liked seeing my work in the context of 30 other paintings, it was an education for me as well(what with being a drop-out). I can't say I am a painting fan, really....I know literature far better...but I felt a little lifted by the Magenta show. The RBC show, on the other hand is always a very weird show, and a very mixed bag. <BR/>I think the form of both shows is less dictated by what they may be perceived to be....things like "an overview of Canadian painting" or "Canada's best young painters"...and more a product of the mundane processes and rituals that come from a competition: who entered, who was eligible, who didn't get the call for entries, who disagrees with competitions.....and so on. And wherever the show's marketing copy and the curating process are so far apart, I think there will be issue taken by critics, and rightfully so.Wil Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07755137477149548822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342911384518459004.post-39689143054908668302008-11-25T16:25:00.000-05:002008-11-25T16:25:00.000-05:00Hey Wil,Wow, you do have a lot to say. But that's ...Hey Wil,<BR/><BR/>Wow, you do have a lot to say. But that's the thing... when there's already reams one's read about one's own field, how it should be done, and in which decade, there is a lot to be said for painting as tradition.<BR/><BR/>I think your works are generally visually appealing, which is the reason I cottoned on to them even just looking at photographs and documentation. But seeing it in person with that of some cross-Canada peers was really helpful to me too--maybe even a mini-education, which is what I feel this show provides in some ways.<BR/><BR/>Also, I guess there are a lot of media specific shows out there -- the first Carte Blanche project on photo being one, CONTACT shows in general being another -- and they don't seem to come up against as much complaints as painting does.<BR/><BR/>I know critics can also have valid issues with the way the show was curated/assembled, but since the results are pretty great--at least for an informal survey--I'm still happy.<BR/><BR/>And I do love bathroom graffiti conversations too. But that doesn't mean to demean what painters do.Leah Sandalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13586221448338828889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342911384518459004.post-75266970550194660722008-11-24T18:41:00.000-05:002008-11-24T18:41:00.000-05:00wow..I had more to say than I thoughtwow..I had more to say than I thoughtWil Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07755137477149548822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342911384518459004.post-6316441507678384832008-11-24T18:40:00.000-05:002008-11-24T18:40:00.000-05:00...but yeah, painters suck at interacting with any......but yeah, painters suck at interacting with anyone through their work, but that's why painting remains interesting. <BR/>It is the toilet graffiti if the art world, left(abandoned) by the painter to speak quite widely(at least to anyone who enters the gallery. bathroom), but to one slightly ashamed person at a time. If you want to converse, you need to paint back(or leave your graffitti response, and return to the same bathroom to see their response...and so on) because there is no conversation with the painter, as he has abandoned what you would like to talk about and would likely be embarassed by any conversation not conducted through paint.<BR/>Dividing the world into painters and possible painters.....Wil Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07755137477149548822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342911384518459004.post-59721887895353311962008-11-24T18:31:00.000-05:002008-11-24T18:31:00.000-05:00Well, I think that painting is a bit like garage r...Well, I think that painting is a bit like garage rock. Someone's always making it, and it serves critics well, as they can deride it when they need to claim rock n roll's death and claim a band or two when it needs to be revived again.<BR/>I appreciate you bringing it down to the personal by saying it's just not your approach. From the level of the personal, I find raging biases endearing, when expressed in the critical voice in authoritative venues, it is disheartening.<BR/>I think that the strange inherited baggage about painting that so many critics have is laid bare when the issue of the singularity of painters arises. I would say most painters painting now are very interested in how their work speaks with other mediums(all of them newer than our....er.....mud-smearing) and while dedicated enough to the medium to keep working in it, don't suffer the singularity of their forebearers quite so much.<BR/>I might not just make paintings forever, but my current long pause in the medium seems to indicate to many critics that I have some seriously antiquated blinders on.<BR/>All that said, defending or criticising painting as a medium is like complaining about Mondays. <BR/>The knives are out so quick, though, hey?Wil Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07755137477149548822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342911384518459004.post-87952491280407795142008-11-22T23:33:00.000-05:002008-11-22T23:33:00.000-05:00Hmmmm. Good question. I realize that at the time I...Hmmmm. Good question. I realize that at the time I wrote this post, my response was a bit heated. <BR/><BR/>I absolutely do agree that art in different media should speak to each other. And so many artists work in multiple media these days that, well, I guess that's why I never have gotten into that whole painter-set of ideas about painting being its own thing. It's just not my approach to art.<BR/><BR/>I guess when I see a show like this, though, it does make me go "huh, I can see how painters talk to the history of painting, and to each other, in a way, sometimes. Interesting." And I didn't want to see that dismissed as some poorly assembled inventory when the show, as a snapshot of current practice, seems to work okay.Leah Sandalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13586221448338828889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342911384518459004.post-82279699195859012042008-11-22T19:52:00.000-05:002008-11-22T19:52:00.000-05:00What if they threw a painting show and no critic q...What if they threw a painting show and no critic questioned the validity of painting?<BR/>Would it still be a painting show?Wil Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07755137477149548822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342911384518459004.post-56348358227922748002008-11-22T19:51:00.000-05:002008-11-22T19:51:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Wil Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07755137477149548822noreply@blogger.com