Comment Archives: stories: Visual Art
Re: “Writing about Art about Writing”
The art of writing. This might take a lot of creativity and imagination. I appreciate writers who have that.
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Re: “Meme Machine”
So, this is a convention for working out the most efficient way for these basement-dwellers to whore themselves out to Zuckerberg, if I surmise correctly.
BTW ED is alive and well. OK not well, but it's alive. Still eyecancer after all these years...
Re: “Meme Machine”
OHAI, I MADED A WIKI FOR YOU, BUT I EATED IT. BAI.
Re: “Meme Machine”
INTERNETZ IZ SRS BZNS. ALL LULZ AHED!!! KEKEKEKEKE
Re: “Nikki S. Lee: Projects”
Someone is a little butt-hurt, eh? ITS ART. Art is supposed to be uncomfortable, unnerving, and occasionally disturbing. Its not always pretty and happy, flowers and rainbows. I would suggest you broaden your horizons.. take a contemporary art class. You might actually begin to understand why people make art like this, or you might just get even more offended.
Re: “Marina Abramovic”
It was an excellent lecture by Marina. I was the first to meet her after the lecture and to commend her as I sat in the front row. Her photographer took several photos of us talking that she later sent me to keep. - Mark Seibold, Retired IT Tech, Astronomy Educator, Portland Oregon
Re: “Home Explosions: Underrated”
Don't do this at home kids. Homeland has decided that these are I.E.D.s so every time they are found it makes tons of paperwork for the Fire Marshall.
Re: “Thanks, Just Looking”
and to think I thought you might have taken your life several years ago - so where do all the prayers for your family go? wow! i am impressed with all you are doing and as your internet ad says i know you are definitely not gay- now I am curious to find out what Brian Cockrell is doing-Stacey from FLBC at andersens@sd5.k12.mt.us
Re: “Internal Guidance Systems”
Many of these artists are indeed classics, has the writer ever actually read about Outsider Art?
The TAGS were not hung properly at that time, they were hung immediately for the remaining 2 month long show, so it has more to do with gallery organization then
anything.
Re: “Internal Guidance Systems”
And what about all the Portland Hipsters that have taken to copying Outsider Art as a style?
Re: “Milepost 5's Milestones”
I went to the April 8th opening... the handful of dedicated, interesting artists living/working there are overwhelmed by the mediocrity of everything else.
Unless I'm just not seeing the genius of rocks with googly eyes, or splatter-painted white plastic masks, or old ballet shoes nailed to a board, or the endless monotony of badly-rendered manga.
BAH.
Re: “The Art-cession”
Scrappers...I heard you criticize other art kind of harshly once .So I called your art crap.I would like to sincerely apologize for trying to "get your goat".Your contributions to the Mercury are awesome....in hindsight.The cake,your choice of artists for the covers,your own covers,the recent fish wave.....excellant!Forgive me for being a dick?Peace.
Re: “R.I.P, Crappy Art Trends”
I've seen lots of actual childrens art though.Hire them and quit ripping them off.Kids could use some money too.
Re: “R.I.P, Crappy Art Trends”
@Internet Narcistical Coconut Head: I still don`t get why the Lazers one had to die. Have u seen boobs_n_lazers.com?
Re: “R.I.P, Crappy Art Trends”
Leaky.......done honestly would BE done by kids and THEIR perspectives.You get it?
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Re: “Milepost 5's Milestones”
This place would not even qualify as a decent hostel. The residents haven't any common space, there is no lounge of any kind, tiny kitchen on each floor for fifty people! No refrigeration or proper sinks to accommodate them adequately. The developer thru the greatest liar Shettler, lied and has lied continually, still advertising a tool library as of July 2011. Shettler is one of the worst people in the arts that I have encountered, horrible. I would hope that his hands would never be involved in any arts administration ever again. These are greedy selfish people using the arts to create Fairmount II, go look for yourself! FairmountI II. As for Peter Turner quoted above, he was in such a hurry to leave as many others, ask him too! And Kate Gibson, and many others of the dozen or so that left when lease time was up.
The pseudo galleries, one of your arts writers was trying to make into 4 or 5, have inadequate lighting and there is nothing of a decent paper document of post cards to show past works, and as a matter of fact, Milepost5 never joined the neighboring Montavilla art walk, or local chamber of commerce activities until 2011....COMMUNITY? The artists on the third floor did immediately in 2010, and were taken to task for organizing and publicizing with good graphics and public relations, something Shettler never did.
John Berry