tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830563225783203492.post1105554914694938722..comments2023-04-29T06:37:18.856-04:00Comments on Our God is Speed: 'Under the Weight of Its Own Success'Greyhooshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14161781141733273715noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830563225783203492.post-66161037660766447192011-11-30T14:12:29.531-05:002011-11-30T14:12:29.531-05:00@ Mr Kasper: I wouldn't necessarily agree. Mod...@ Mr Kasper: I wouldn't necessarily agree. Modernism, by some accounts, would at least attempt to strike some pose of resistance -- against easy commodification or institutionalization, against desublimation or whathaveyou. Or it least tried to generate the myth of doing so. Most often, postmodernism's attitude was, "That's a strategy for losers -- I'm gonna go for mine." Cynicism, essentially. Which is why the "Style and Subversion" part of that exhibition title rings so hollow/sounds a bit daft. (And admittedly, there were some artists in the latter camp who tried to slip something more substantial under the radar. But much of the time it was surface being passed off as depth.)Greyhooshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14161781141733273715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830563225783203492.post-57465732155012882602011-11-30T12:04:53.976-05:002011-11-30T12:04:53.976-05:00Surely that (funny) last line could be applied to ...Surely that (funny) last line could be applied to modernism/ity too?David K Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756535951359716522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830563225783203492.post-24820562782234843582011-11-30T11:16:03.730-05:002011-11-30T11:16:03.730-05:00Yeah, those are by the same artist -- from Robert ...Yeah, those are by the same artist -- from Robert Longo's "Men in the City" series of photos and drawings. Iconic NYC uptown art of the '80s, included in the exhibit in question. (Cross-reference with his video for New Order's "Bizarre Love Triangle," which is also apparently in the show.) Like much of what came out of the NYC art scene during those years, Longo's career didn't pan out so famously after decade's end.Greyhooshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14161781141733273715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830563225783203492.post-90500743654959104032011-11-30T10:41:37.679-05:002011-11-30T10:41:37.679-05:00Funny, Adbusters just used altered versions of the...Funny, Adbusters just used altered versions of these images in their latest issue: http://www.adbusters.org/magazine/99 (page 3)debaucheryandslothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11646405921962263927noreply@blogger.com