[spectre] THEAUSTRIANABSTRACTS

[marc]

Hi Heiko,

Isn't using a term such as 'bad art' a bit of a generalisation - a bit 
20th century? I know that wars are back in fashion now, but surely such 
words as these are just no longer needed to describe contemporary art. 
Langauge has moved on now...

Perhaps, Armin may have a point.

If you are saying that there has only been "5 years of bad art after 
9/11", then may be you have not been looking at much of the work that 
has been made in that time. Or perhaps you are not interested in 
contemporary creativity, for some personal reason.

If we are playing the binary game though - here's one to chew on:
-would a conservative prefer 'abstract art' or 'political art', which 
one do you think that individual would go for?

Personally, I enjoy some abstract works - but I am also very interested 
in net art and (new) media art. I find many of the questions that have 
been proposed, coming out of such works to be aesthetically imaginative 
and intellectually challenging. I have been working with many people in 
this area, teaching it at Universities and working with others (peers) 
at our studios in London. And to be honest, many of the people that I 
have had the privelage to work with not only posses a creative 
understanding that critically engages in exploring beyond 'modernist' 
and canon-like values, but are also able to shift and split paradigms 
apart, with the issues put forward in their work that was unimaginable 
before, with content, context. not forgetting social awareness., and the 
of course the technology used for its crafting...

This surely cannot be as you say - 'brain.dead'. I think that you must 
be talking about something very different like our governemnts...

all the best...

marc garrett.

p.s.

guess this song:

I've been patient, I've been good, tried to keep my hands on the table
It's gettin' hard this holdin' back, you know what I mean
I'm sure you'll understand my point of view, we know each other mentally
You gotta know that you're bringin' out the artist in me

CHORUS
Let's get critical, critical, I wanna get critical, let's get into critical
Let me hear your network talk, your network talk, let me hear your 
network talk...


> Indeed, "5 years of bad art after 9/11" comes to mind.
>
> It is incredible, that the ONLY convincing internationally known 
> political art against Abu Graib etc is by good old Botero, who is 
> believed to paint for society ladies. Maybe he was never unpolitical 
> with his fat officers etc.
>
> Net.art seems to be brain.dead,
>
> H.
>
> Armin Medosch wrote:
>
>> 100 years after futurism and 50 years after American abstract and 
>> minimalism accusations against art mysticism and a-political 
>> formalism  which have been raised then are only ever more evident 
>> now. abstract --> retreat into 'pure' form instrumentalized by neo-
>> conservative government for the construction of nationalist cultural 
>> identity as export commodity.
>>
>> resist!
>> Armin Medosch
>>
>> On 25 Sep 06, at 14:08, Oliver Grau wrote:
>>
>>  
>>
>>> THEAUSTRIANABSTRACTS
>>> 23TH SEP TO 15TH OCT 2006
>>>
>>> ARTI ET AMICITIAE, ROKIN 112, 1012 LB AMSTERDAM
>>> OPENING: 22TH SEP 2006, 7 P.M.
>>> OPENING PERFORMANCE: NTSC
>>>
>>>
>>> The exhibition presents 27 Austrian-based artists dealing with  
>>> abstraction in different styles and media. The show is divided into  
>>> three, interrelated sections: an exhibition hall featuring a  
>>> "classical" compilation of paintings, photographs and  
>>> installations; a cinema showing digital videos; and a lounge  
>>> hosting a variety of computer-based works.
>>>
>>> Exhibition: Gregor Eldarb, Franz Gebetsberger, Margit Hartnagel,  
>>> Sabina Hörtner, Lotte Lyon, Günther Selichar, Esther Stocker,  
>>> Gerold Tagwerkerker
>>> Videos: Tina Frank, Karoe Goldt, Michaela Grill, Dariusz Kowalski,  
>>> m.ash, Maia Gusberti, reMI, Billy Roisz, Michaela Schwentner, Nik  
>>> Thönen/Timo Novotny
>>> Computerbased works: [n:ja], Gerhard Daurer, dextro, Andres Ramirez  
>>> Gaviria, Lia, Pfaffenbichler/Schreiber, tinhoko
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.theaustrianabstracts.net (full version will be online sep 
>>> 15th)
>>>
>>> http://www.arti.nl
>>>
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