Fri Mar 2, 2007 6:41AM3 comments ›
Fri Mar 2, 2007 — by Elayne Riggs
MOMA discovers Scott McCloud theories
Blue-noses deconstruct comics form
At New York's Museum of Modern Art, highbrow meets lowbrow once more – and, as usual, doesn't get it.
“Comic Abstraction: Image-Breaking, Image-Making” is organized by Roxana Marcoci, curator of the department of photography, and features "nearly 30 works in drawing, painting, sculpture, video and installation made over the last 16 years by 13 artists who borrow one way or another from comic strips, cartoons and animation."
That's right, all the artists swipe from the comics format without once considering the point of comics -- to tell stories. Some of us believe everything that can be explored about the form was already done in Lichtenstein's day, which is why some of us will never exhibit in the Museum of Modern Art.
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Comments (3)
Ron Good (6:45 PM on Sat Oct 6, 2007)
The art world doesn't truly get comics. From time to time, curators and gallery owners go through a comics fad, but they don't really get it. Whenever there's one of these artsy comic shows people I talk to are always amazed by "expertise". I'm no art expert! I'm just a nerdy fan who loves the medium.
The problem with the art world is that they're still stuck in mid-20th century post-modernist thinking. That's why art is dying. Does the average person actually know the names of any contemporary artists or their work?
No, art isn't dying.
Art is dead.
Mike Gold (8:04 PM on Sat Oct 6, 2007)
The "art world" doesn't get anything. They're more removed from the real world than most other types of hardcore fans. They're too busy trying to answer two Zen questions: 1) What is art, and 2) Why are all the other critics such assholes?
I had an art history minor in college. I stuck with my major, journalism, because it was less arrogant.
Ron Good (8:07 PM on Mon Oct 8, 2007)
Wait a minute! Are you saying they're more removed from reality than Trekkies (or schmucks like us who devote our lives to comics)? Those art freaks are REALLY out of it!
And yes, as a repented art student myself, I agree. Artists and art wannabes are arrogant.
By the way, art is dead. Let's break out the shovels!