Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks....Maybe I can spend a day with Cindy..;-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of David Kieltyka Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 9:57 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Re: sherman B. D. Colen <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: > Sherman's work is, to me, far too self-indulgent and gimmicky > to be worth much notice. As I said before, only half-joking, > it is the successful commercial version of the self-indulgent > "look at me" shlock most art students turn out at some point > and, thankfully, usually outgrow. Hmmm, I've always seen Sherman's stuff as in part a knowing send-up of the very self-indulgence you refer to. Her pictures mostly make me chuckle, though some of the grotesques are genuinely disturbing. > But to each his or her own... Yes indeed. Your Day In Our Life series is outstanding IMO. :-) - -Dave-