Andreas,
Please forgive me if what I said all sounded like a criticism. It
wasn't meant that way. I think I was just smarting at having been more
or less accused of being a "peddler". And I do agree with you that
artists need to exercise tact and restraint when curating shows of which
they are a part. As for news feeds, artists' feeds run the gamut from
unvarnished , "self-curated" self-promotion to the responsible and
conceptually grounded. I wasn't sure I had the energy (or server
power) to be a curator of news feeds!
Best,
Myron
Andreas Broeckmann wrote:
> dear myron,
>
> thanks for the remarks. i would, in retrospect, probably pose my
> initial statement somewhat more softly, and open, because i understand
> how the problem of curatorial power (whether in the hands of
> practising, or non-practising artists, or non-artists, or
> self-professing curators) cannot be solved simply by setting up
> rules, however informally.
>
> i also thought about the artist-run shows, starting from the
> independent 'salons' in 19th century paris, or the shows organised by
> the dadaists in zurich, berlin and elsewhere, similarly fluxus events,
> etc. etc., all artist-run activities - it would be silly to suggest
> that it would have been ethically more sound of raoul hausmann and
> george grosz not to include their own works in the 'first dada fair'
> of 1920. ;-)
>
> there is, of course, a difference whether an exhibition or event like
> this is labelled as 'initiated by the artists', or whether it poses as
> a more or less neutral, or objective, or informative, or definitive
> overview over this or that topic, or field, maybe in a powerful,
> publically funded institution from which the audience is prone to
> expect some mechanisms of accountability. some of the moral dilemmas
> that can occur for practising artists (or their friends, or spouses,
> or gallerists) in the curator chair, have been alluded to in this
> discussion. personally, however, i would still advocate a professional
> ethos for whoever organises things, an ethos that calls for restraint
> and hesitation, rather than an ethos (which has also been voiced here)
> of 'do what you want, i can't see a problem'. but i am glad that we
> have, thus far, had such an interesting and 'fine-grained' discussion
> of the issue.
>
> regards,
> -a
>
>
>> On the whole I agree with Ryan. Twentieth Century art would have
>> been a lot less interesting if it hadn't had manifestos and artists
>> putting on self-promoting shows manifesting the manifestos. So it
>> does seem to be overkill to put the issue in ethical terms.
>> Tasteless, maybe, but not "immoral".
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Myron
>
>
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