 |
 |
Ira, Yes, it is at a slant and bound to be because you were at once talking about FAME and then about connections being made across boundaries. Then also someone's response is not what you expected: I wish I had seen Cris eating the lettuce. For me the most interesting and provoking/inspiring artists are precisely those who DON'T use text because what they do is not "translatable." An important recent discovery for me is Charles Le Dray whom I came across when Geoffrey Young / The Figures used his work for the cover of my book False Memory. He has dome some wonderful work with sewing and embroidery, little minimal texts on badges. But you wanted to know something about those artists who use text. It's not really relevant to the group shown in Sensation although I suppose that Hirst's titles are as much developed as other aspects of his work. Peter Davies is one of those artists who uses text, art gossip, and it's very knowledgeable and funny about the current art scene. I guess that you might look at the work of Jenny Holzer, US artist lives in New York, long running work called Truisms, Glenn Ligon, US artist lives in New York a serial work on slaves/race called runaways, Anna Deavere Smith, US artist lives in SF, video series works with various personae. Everyone knows about Ian Hamilton Finlay being there but remember how well he uses short texts for resonance. Of course his collaborative practice is exemplary. The issue of funding & Saatchi with British artists doesn't end the contribution and significance of those artists, whether they use text or not, for our practice. You can find Rae and Whiteread, I'm sure, you working at/studying at UEA. Best, Tony ___________________________ Dr Tony Lopez Reader in Poetry University of Plymouth Faculty of Arts & Education Douglas Avenue Exmouth EX8 2AT UK tel: 1395 255418 fax: 1395 264196 ______________________ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%