What's the point of anything if we can't make fun of ourselves first? I've said some things in the past about
art writing, but the truth is it's always me I'm talking about. I'm the asshole with
Baudrillard,
Lacan, and
Derrida on my coffee table like some kind of overly enthusiastic first year college student - and I confess, they are there without irony but with complete sincerity. I love this shit but it's a balancing act. So I continue to write in the hopes of getting a conversation welcome to everyone but without a lowest common denominator, and where I don't get tagged by the
artbaloney blog, casting scathing mirth in my direction. After all, I like art and I like talking about it. Most importantly, I want
you to talk about it. Even if it's exhausting at times, and we would prefer to look at some
pretty moving pictures once in a while or even better, play an
online video game for which we would get a lot more mockery than anything I've ever written about art.
I digress.
C-Monster gets to the point and says it best. The slogan of her blog is where high gets low. Sure she can say that, but she's still referencing the same history any art writer would. It's inescapable. Once you're in, you're an insider. And if you're laughing at any of this, then you'll see you fall on one part of the diagram or another. I fell square in the realm of
middle with a hard lean towards
douche. That's what you get for being a
semiotics and theory nerd. Let's face it, if there's a nerd heirarchy, I'm at the bottom. That's ok. Not all the power is at the top. I'm sure C-Monster is laughing too, seeing where she stands in the midst of that diagram. Who wouldn't be?
The question is, where are you, and are you laughing?
C-Monster's Art Venn Diagram of Doom
ha! i fell way right -- how can that be? A: Cuz I'm a douche! Although if C-Monster had properly included black velvet art, I'd be moving a bit more to the left. ;)
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for the introduction to the art baloney blog.
*lol* Joey! It's the "art about art" that solidifies my position in douchery. Let's raise a glass in solidarity!
ReplyDeleteSomehow, I'm fairly certain C-Monster would approve of black velvet paintings (I mean, who doesn't?).
awesome. i love and loathe items across the board here. also, i laughed my ass off. art baloney? genius. i need to send in a few old submissions to some space.
ReplyDeletevenn diagrams are the new pie charts.
i also like how that middle section fools you into thinking those items are neither douchey nor stonery, when in fact, they are the all-encompassing power of both. ALL PHOTOGRAPHY.
ReplyDelete*lol* Exactly Shaun, exactly. Oh damn - Minimalism.
ReplyDeleteWord up. Pie Charts are still awesome, but Venn Diagrams are the new shit.
I'm thinking I must be über-douche because I'm disagreeing with the graph. and then laughing at myself.
ReplyDeletei figure black velvet paintings fall into a similar category as dogs-playing-poker paintings, which are definitely stoner...
ReplyDelete;-)
xox,
c.
p.s. according to this chart, i'm pretty darn douche myself, so you are not alone...
*hah* Susanna, brilliant!
ReplyDeleteC-Monster, it's good to have the company! I can now brandish my LOLcats-playing-poker-painting with more pride than ever!
I think we all know where I am.
ReplyDelete(i.e. so far left of "stoner" that I'm doin' a Ms. Pac-Man style wraparound to "douche.")