I Am Making Art Too

Posted on February 3, 2008 by Will Wilkinson

Saw this at the Hirshhorn today. Awesome…

I can’t say I really care all that much about the explanation. I just found it completely transfixing in the gallery.

16 thoughts on “I Am Making Art Too”

Steve Burton on February 4, 2008 at 3:27 am said:

I blush for you.
Steve Burton on February 3, 2008 at 10:27 pm said:

I blush for you.
Will Wilkinson on February 4, 2008 at 3:40 am said:

Thanks, Steve. You’re a gem.
Will Wilkinson on February 3, 2008 at 10:40 pm said:

Thanks, Steve. You’re a gem.
Steve Burton on February 4, 2008 at 4:11 am said:

WW, with all due respect:

If you find yourself “transfixed” by that video, and admit it, then you’re going to have a hard time convincing anybody over the age of 16 that any of your opinions on the arts are worth the time it takes to read them.

Best – SB
Steve Burton on February 3, 2008 at 11:11 pm said:

WW, with all due respect:

If you find yourself “transfixed” by that video, and admit it, then you’re going to have a hard time convincing anybody over the age of 16 that any of your opinions on the arts are worth the time it takes to read them.

Best – SB
Will Wilkinson on February 4, 2008 at 4:31 am said:

First, that Missy Ellot song is amazing, whatever you might think Mr Fancypants. Second, it’s all really funny and clever if you get the backstory. Third, on a big-ish screen in a gallery, it is amusingly hypnotic. Do I think it’s great art. No. Did I enjoy it? Hell yes. Unclench, my friend.
Will Wilkinson on February 3, 2008 at 11:31 pm said:

First, that Missy Ellot song is amazing, whatever you might think Mr Fancypants. Second, it’s all really funny and clever if you get the backstory. Third, on a big-ish screen in a gallery, it is amusingly hypnotic. Do I think it’s great art. No. Did I enjoy it? Hell yes. Unclench, my friend.
Steve Burton on February 4, 2008 at 4:53 am said:

Heh. I like that: “unclench.”

But seriously: if you’re going to play the snob when it comes to Bouguereau vs. Rothko, you might want to exercise a little more discretion when it comes to your *own* guilty pleasures.

Best again – SB
Steve Burton on February 3, 2008 at 11:53 pm said:

Heh. I like that: “unclench.”

But seriously: if you’re going to play the snob when it comes to Bouguereau vs. Rothko, you might want to exercise a little more discretion when it comes to your *own* guilty pleasures.

Best again – SB
Fred S. on February 4, 2008 at 6:53 am said:

Ah, so Wilkinson’s aesthetic preferences run the entire gamut, from the inhuman sterility of Modernist architecture to the mindless wankery of Postmodern performance art…

I guess it’s true what they say: even at Northern Iowa University, you can’t teach taste.
Fred S. on February 4, 2008 at 1:53 am said:

Ah, so Wilkinson’s aesthetic preferences run the entire gamut, from the inhuman sterility of Modernist architecture to the mindless wankery of Postmodern performance art…

I guess it’s true what they say: even at Northern Iowa University, you can’t teach taste.
Steve Burton on February 5, 2008 at 1:33 am said:

Now there’s another phrase I like: “the mindless wankery of Postmodern performance art.

Could any mots be more juste?
Steve Burton on February 4, 2008 at 8:33 pm said:

Now there’s another phrase I like: “the mindless wankery of Postmodern performance art.

Could any mots be more juste?
ThatCom on December 22, 2008 at 9:02 am said:

your artistic. Congratulations!
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