tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post6986765611356373038..comments2023-08-29T08:48:55.919-04:00Comments on Carol Diehl's Art Vent: Truitt, following up...Carol Diehlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023589628710711343noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-92151619581069350212009-11-10T14:13:35.178-05:002009-11-10T14:13:35.178-05:00What you do not say and what might be noted is tha...What you do not say and what might be noted is that in writing that ill-considered essay and then promoting it in public as the authoritative interpretation of Truitt( since it is most recent and having the imprimatur of a museum)it must necessarily downplay and often ignore the factual terms of Truitts sculpture's relevance to post-war abstraction. Meyer was rarely referenced (see google) though he has placed Truitt at center of the crucial early days of Minimalism. There is plenty that could be explored by that for example. Unfortunately, it was not his exhibition and not his PR dept. <br /><br />So into this fluffy void of Perception and Reflection critics and others are invited to diminish the work by scoffing at the artist. What could be easier? Saying it is sexist is only the half of it. The other half is a distrust of culture as understood by some elites but not all. Few working at the Washington Post as a staff writers do not also carry establishment credentials even if they peddle a fake populism. How was this possible? Because the curator herself was doing the very same thing. <br /><br /><br />MRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-91066987718421628542009-11-10T07:26:05.784-05:002009-11-10T07:26:05.784-05:00To CAP: I have seen no evidence that Truitt knew J...To CAP: I have seen no evidence that Truitt knew Jo Baer. She was not entrenched in the NY art world, and met Judd only briefly.<br /><br />To Tyler: You don't think I'm "overreacting," just giving more attention to something than you think it deserves.<br /><br />I have given a few examples, but my quarrel is with the whole premise of the essay because it exemplifies the kind of "personalization of art criticism" that the artist herself found "particularly common and subtly condescending in criticism addressed to the art of women." In other words, sexist. I'm surprised that one could read this, quote it, and still make the decision to write an essay based on attributing possible biographical motives to the artist.<br /><br />I don't review art on my blog--that's an endeavor I save for art magazines. However I do often comment on how art is interpreted by institutions, a subject I find important and rarely discussed elsewhere.Carol Diehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023589628710711343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-21833618300688017972009-11-09T19:12:09.453-05:002009-11-09T19:12:09.453-05:00I didn't read anyone say you were "overre...I didn't read anyone say you were "overreacting" to anything. <br /><br />I still find it strange that you're focusing on a couple points in an essay you don't like rather than on the redemptive exhibition, that is, on the work itself. Writing about the response to Truitt rather than about the work itself is certainly your prerogative, but I'd like to think the work matters most. <br /><br />TylerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-34106372892455999332009-11-09T19:11:36.166-05:002009-11-09T19:11:36.166-05:00Wow 31 comments Carol!
And er... slightly OT - bu...Wow <b>31</b> comments Carol!<br /><br />And er... slightly OT - but did Truitt know Jo Baer in the early 60s?CAPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09861096695503969576noreply@blogger.com