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Annette Monnier talks about guilt, community, humor and values
Perhaps you remember the Tiki Bar at Copy Gallery. Annette Monnier, one of the group that ran Copy Gallery, calls it one of her favorite shows there–a kind of social experiment in which people expect to find a gallery with one set of rules, but instead enter a bar with a whole other set of values. She talks about her confused relationship to the American Flag and about how guilty she feels in spending time making art when there are so many problems in the world. Her antidote to that guilt is her job running the ClayMobile program. She talks ... More » »
Monnier on Trecartin
Annette Monnier aces the serve in her essay on the Ryan Trecartin show at PS1 in her blog One Review A Month. She also back-hands volleys at Jackson Pollock, not to mention at Lyonel Feininger and at Cory Arcangel both at the Whitney. See who emerges the winner. Game, set, match.
Monday morning tidbits
Hey, it’s Monday! Wake up and try these links for a mix of fun and thoughtful stuff.
Art criticism explosion–People/Places/Things is the newest entry
About a year ago, a discussion at P’unk Ave about Philly’s need for more critical art writing–and/or a different brand of it than artblog and the print newspapers offer–was a gauntlet thrown down to Philadelphia’s artists, curators, art writers and thinkers. Since then, several publications have attempted to fill that gap. The latest entry is People/Places/Things, from AWRG. AWRG stands for Art Workers Resource Group. The Art Workers of the world who have united here in town are art historians John Vick (at Fleisher/Ollman, who has contributed to artblog on occasion), Lauren Rosenblum (at Locks–we just had a chat on ... More » »
Words of wisdom from Annette Monnier
At One Review A Month, blogger Annette Monnier usually has something pretty smart and interesting to say. Here’s an excerpt from her latest post: I am reminded of being a young artist and saying something to a friend about this or that person “selling out” to which my wiser friend replied “you can’t tell me that you wouldn’t have done that had it been offered to you.” I never said it out loud but my friend was right. The truth is that some people make it big and others do not, just like some people are born ugly and some ... More » »
More time to think–Annette Monnier’s One Review a Month
One Review a Month, Annette Monnier’s blog about art, is sort of an anti-blog, stepping back from the frenetic pace of daily and inclusive and choosing a single theme for a single essay. In her first post, she ponders Jade Townsend, Duke Riley, and their submarine approach to art making. She also fits in Huck Finn, Swoon, Robert Smithson and river art. Check it out!
