tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post3335559490269257149..comments2023-08-29T08:48:55.919-04:00Comments on Carol Diehl's Art Vent: How I learned to stop worrying and love John CurrinCarol Diehlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023589628710711343noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-90807174520544696222010-07-02T18:58:29.253-04:002010-07-02T18:58:29.253-04:00I like it - there's something classic about th...I like it - there's something classic about the look of those. The detail is stunning, but they have that vibe that you see in 15th century art, and you just don't get that anymore.Jacobhttp://www.prematureejaculationtreatment2day.com/premature-ejaculation-exercises.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-38480428209823451382009-08-18T16:49:53.830-04:002009-08-18T16:49:53.830-04:00Thank you!Thank you!Carol Diehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023589628710711343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-88664755391724659482008-05-15T09:26:00.000-04:002008-05-15T09:26:00.000-04:00I have never understood the contemporary art world...I have never understood the contemporary art world's investment in upsetting, ugly and disturbing. Those are not difficult powers to come by. Stephen King can do it. A crackhead smearing feces on a wall can do it. Roadkill can do it. <BR/><BR/>Besides, why put such a value in producing this reaction in people? Isn't it infinitely more important to make people feel something better and more complicated than fear and revulsion?<BR/><BR/>And don't nobody start waving Bosch in my face. Bosch and the like help us face darkness in order to overcome it and move beyond it, not to wallow in it indefinitely.<BR/><BR/>Those kid portraits are wonderful. To think that an artist capable of this work produced all those... Currinisms... Shame on you, Currin, to pretend to be an asshole when you've been a decent person all along. What the world does not need is another asshole.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-14608673554528845342008-02-04T07:51:00.000-05:002008-02-04T07:51:00.000-05:00Thank you, David, for this important distinction—t...Thank you, David, for this important distinction—that “the ability to produce such disturbing images may be taken for a kind of power…” Too often the power of sensationalism is confused with the power of art, the latter being so much harder to achieve. And your comparison of Currin and Pearlstein—an artist whose appeal I’ve never understood—is apt. I must have missed that Schjeldahl piece, will look it up.Carol Diehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023589628710711343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-89141325384255949122008-02-04T00:04:00.000-05:002008-02-04T00:04:00.000-05:00Currin's distortions always seemed gratuitous and ...Currin's distortions always seemed gratuitous and sad - sad because he seemed to need to subvert his skills to be successful.The porn images seemed to only emphasize this. They are truly nasty images. The ability to produce such disturbing images may be taken for a kind of power, and it is that, but what's the point of John Currin? The child paintings are lovely though and you wonder what he might do after them. Schjeldahl came down a little hard on Phillip Pearlstein recently, which I appreciated, and Currin and Pearlstein make an interesting study taken together. They both seem trapped by their technical skills, although there are generational differences playing out. Anyway, thanks for your essay and the opportunity to think about some interesting painters.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08871967011596063089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-66809539874640861862008-01-28T23:13:00.000-05:002008-01-28T23:13:00.000-05:00Very nice essay. And Schjeldahl is the ONLY art cr...Very nice essay. And Schjeldahl is the ONLY art critic I read with the kind of pleasure you get from being educated and turned onto something new from a voice you trust.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.com