tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post7905882793791382357..comments2023-08-29T08:48:55.919-04:00Comments on Carol Diehl's Art Vent: Laurel Nakadate at PS1Carol Diehlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023589628710711343noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-50605210877830718912011-09-01T16:26:36.068-04:002011-09-01T16:26:36.068-04:00Whether or not the sadness is real is one issue, b...Whether or not the sadness is real is one issue, but you seem to take issue with the very fact that Laurel Nakadate is sad. Assuming that her sadness is genuine, why is it necessary to "rank" sadness? Because other people have suffered more, do we have to force ourselves not to be sad? I should never feel sad about something because someone somewhere else has a worse tragedy? I despise this kind of thinking, and anyone who thinks that way is most likely a hypocrite. Do you mean to tell me that you never feel sad, for no particular reason (or for reasons not quite as dramatic as a loved one's death?) That you have never found yourself crying, and you don't know why? I highly doubt it.wooginnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-397765101544457752011-07-12T09:53:51.292-04:002011-07-12T09:53:51.292-04:00I walked in the wrong door and read nothing about ...I walked in the wrong door and read nothing about the "365 Days" part of the exhibit, and didn't mind it until I read the details and put in context with the rest of her work displayed. People keep asking why she's faking sorrow - why is she faking SEXY sorrow? Not only is this a mockery of sorrow by forcing it, who strips down and gets into porn poses to express grief? This is a gross exhibit. It does express the loneliness she wants to express, but mostly the artist's f'd up idea of "lonely means needing people to know how sexy I am".<br /><br />The other parts of the show were awful - or great because I almost never have such a visceral reaction. The sexy pin up pose pictures that she invited a group of men from craigslist to handle & get fingerprints on looked good, but the process is egomaniacal and unkind. All the skits and photos she forced upon older lonely looking men seemed egomaniacal and unkind. Who does that to people? And why is her need to be the sexy focus of sexual tension and attention so great that she has to force it upon the most vulnerable men AND THEN on gallery viewers?<br /><br />I'm really sorry I went to this exhibit alone. I desperately needed someone to talk with afterwards.Melanie Avidsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-88294386672578007702011-06-28T20:15:06.581-04:002011-06-28T20:15:06.581-04:00This show is probably the worst thing I've eve...This show is probably the worst thing I've ever seen at PS1. I hope she fades away soon... there is obviously a lot of money and influence being used to push her along. The NYC galleries are the driving force behind museum curation. I can't see any other reason to put this show on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-8823439033303090922011-03-18T07:47:39.369-04:002011-03-18T07:47:39.369-04:00Very talented girl, I admire her worksVery talented girl, I admire her worksJoshua Williamshttp://rouletteonlineleague.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-1412070875110222112011-03-14T15:23:09.181-04:002011-03-14T15:23:09.181-04:00you ask why this girl gets attention? Well look a...you ask why this girl gets attention? Well look at the people escorting her to art parties and hyping her: dirty old men, like Gregory Crewdson, rick moody and Jerry Saltz, who confuse her luscious limbs with the meaningful. Once she passes 35 she'll be on the bottom of the barrel. nice review by the way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-52471447149416439042011-03-08T12:01:14.300-05:002011-03-08T12:01:14.300-05:00Oh my God, Thank You. An essay I wrote on this sh...Oh my God, Thank You. An essay I wrote on this show for a class I am taking at Parsons was entitled "self obsessed & sexy" and thats really all I saw hear. I think your description of "mean spirited is spot on.natebethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11891527312029303886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-29096941186031424052011-03-07T13:39:16.386-05:002011-03-07T13:39:16.386-05:00I think she needed sadness as her gimmick -I mean ...I think she needed sadness as her gimmick -I mean concept, sorry- because in reality she probably just feels the overwhelming need for attention and needed something, anything, as a handle. As do most young ambitious artists. Seems pretty transparent. Not to mention a hi-budget version of the requisite exhibitionist found in every art school program around the world. <br />The real sadness will come when she has to be 'sad' in order to maintain her brand. "Oh, right, you're that chick who's really sad, I know you."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-53791430419560116322011-03-07T09:25:59.235-05:002011-03-07T09:25:59.235-05:00When I read about Laurel Nakadate, I had just fini...When I read about Laurel Nakadate, I had just finished reading an amazing book "Orange is the New Black" written by a Smith grad, Piper Kerman, who ended up spending a year in prison in her early 30's for a dumb moment helping her drug runner girlfriend when she was in her early 20's. And she spoke so smartly and eloquently about women who leave prison and have no where to go except a homeless shelter ( having lost all parental rights to their children). Reasons to cry? You bet. There are real reasons to cry and I bet those women dont' want to strip and then be photographed when facing their real reasons.<br /><br />Sheesh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-39631203118312518012011-03-05T10:48:48.744-05:002011-03-05T10:48:48.744-05:00brings to mind the old threat: stop that crying or...brings to mind the old threat: stop that crying or i'll give you something to REALLY cry about!martha millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17847828956846494958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-387139590442750982011-03-02T09:15:41.450-05:002011-03-02T09:15:41.450-05:00You said it perfectly, and put a smile on my face ...You said it perfectly, and put a smile on my face as I read it first thing this morning from my cubicle. Maybe she should spend a year in a cubicle and document the stultifying effects of padded walls and computer monitors. Wouldn't do to get naked though.Kathy Hodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06103183122102023675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-70860981918348125962011-03-01T21:11:47.913-05:002011-03-01T21:11:47.913-05:00Interesting that the Lynda Benglis show is up at t...Interesting that the Lynda Benglis show is up at the same time. Laurel is a poor version of Lynda's groundbreaking work, ie. her ad in ArtForum years ago.Katharinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-40337387515039750442011-03-01T16:33:46.917-05:002011-03-01T16:33:46.917-05:00Laurel Nakadate admits to having a "safe"...Laurel Nakadate admits to having a "safe" upbringing in Iowa...so no bad childhood for her to draw tears from there. She also admits to faking the sadness in her 365 piece in this SF Gate article:<br />http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2011%2F02%2F17%2FMV2S1HMTDJ.DTL<br />I wonder if her sadness was real, if that would have made a difference in the overall piece?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-72790331515181923412011-03-01T01:35:31.352-05:002011-03-01T01:35:31.352-05:00Love it Carol! In this day and age to have a woma...Love it Carol! In this day and age to have a woman photograph herself au natural is so far from radical as to be laughable. Yes, she's turning the camera on herself, okay, but she's still depicting (and not very ironically) the same familiar images of women that grace the covers of magazines in any subway station. The fact that she also holds the camera gives them only in the smallest of ways any more supposed "power."wylie Goodmanhttp://couchsurfingcook.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-69077937494309161482011-02-28T21:10:04.207-05:002011-02-28T21:10:04.207-05:00I read the review in the Times and have been think...I read the review in the Times and have been thinking pretty much along the lines of what you wrote. Exhibitionism is OK in art but I do wonder about someone this callow and her motives.. I can't see the show ( not in NY) so enjoyed reading your review.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-52932980575098938852011-02-28T00:51:47.817-05:002011-02-28T00:51:47.817-05:00You are on fire with this review. I agree, 365 day...You are on fire with this review. I agree, 365 days of documented happiness could possibly be way more intriguing, and throw a nice wrench in this pseudo depressive drama Laurel Nakadate is playing out. <br />~the other "anonymous"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-56222435738390382812011-02-27T13:04:21.459-05:002011-02-27T13:04:21.459-05:00You could insert sexy skin because you'd do it...You could insert sexy skin because you'd do it so much better. I'm actually not opposed to soft porn, as long as it isn't pretending to be something else.<br /><br />But wait, it just occurred to me...perhaps this is an attempt to conflate two careers, lingerie model and conceptual artist, or maybe she's crying because she doesn't have any clothes, in which case, I'd be sad too! Maybe we should start a drive...Carol Diehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023589628710711343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-21434459841884792502011-02-27T07:33:24.746-05:002011-02-27T07:33:24.746-05:00A good question is.....why does so much art look a...A good question is.....why does so much art look a lot like soft porn? Next question....maybe I should start inserting some sexy skin into my work...<br />(just kidding, -- not really!)<br />APAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-75783101486869583642011-02-26T19:59:53.700-05:002011-02-26T19:59:53.700-05:00Great opinionated review. I don't understand h...Great opinionated review. I don't understand how this artist gets so much positive press or a solo show at PS1.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com