Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John Collier trolled: > OH goody, let's bash Cindy Sherman again! ...and like a fool, I bit: Yes, let's. > Let see....hmmm...how about a sing > along. I will write the first stanza and then perhaps everyone > could take a > turn? > > Lead complainer in small caps and all the rest of you talented > bums join in > on the all caps. Think more liturgy rather than Neil Diamond. > - ---------------- > She started small, > > AND WE HATE THAT! Whatever that means. > She is hard working, So are coal miners. That doesn't make their work good art. > AND WE HATE THAT! > > She is very talented, Technical competence is boring and relatively easily acquired (cf. Geddes). Artistic merit is decided on entirely subjective bases. I think Sherman's work is boring, pretentious, and pandering. > AND WE HATE THAT! > > She explores social issues, Not in particularly interesting ways. > AND WE HATE THAT! > > Her work is highly regarded outside of inbred photographic groups, You mean, inside inbred art scene groups? > AND WE HATE THAT! > > She is doing so well she really does not care what we think, She's welcome to do whatever she wants; it's her life and (arguable) talent to waste. It's a pity, though, that she's gotten so much limelight when so many other more deserving artists (IMO) do not. > OH AND THAT REALLY BURNS US UP! Yes, it does. > PS: Can we finish with a rousing rendition of "God Bless Anne Geddes" ? You can. I think of Sherman as a Geddes for poseurs, anyway. Alexey Merz Department of Biochemistry Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover NH 03755-3844 alexey@webcom.com | alexey@dartmouth.edu 603-650-1702 | http://www.webcom.com/alexey/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html