tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444064.post116095584981681635..comments2023-06-07T09:29:59.598-04:00Comments on OnTheCusp.org: ArtReview's Most PowerfulScott Growhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09975459141963663153noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444064.post-1161270144278224862006-10-19T11:02:00.000-04:002006-10-19T11:02:00.000-04:00The idea of a list today, let alone THAT list, sho...The idea of a list today, let alone THAT list, shows nothing more than nostalgia for when magazines controlled the art world, and had vague "ultimate" lists of what amounts to hopeful "blue chip" old fashioneds. What is essentially friends of friends (mostly male and white) of whom certain friends with banks and capital feel good with. No uppities here - and so we learn, Power isn't about being uppity, right? Power is money? Or?<BR/><BR/>Only having Roberta Smith and Jerry Salz give the thing away. Seriously. This is why these lists are silly. The Legacy Press is... important?!...Reading Jerry Salz, let alone the village voice or any other new york paper of dinner-friends and circle-jerks for art crit or reviews, is a joke today - for provincials who come to NYC and want to pretend to live the 1980s again. Sure.. Power<BR/><BR/>The list that is missing is the connections between the galleries and the artists on the list. Neo-Rauch for Germany... haha, god that's a good one. Neo-Rauch! God, ha ha ha ha ha. Oh,no.. really I can't write more, but..hahaa..must...finish...oh god, Neo-Rauch!...hahahahahahaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444064.post-1161054649003036872006-10-16T23:10:00.000-04:002006-10-16T23:10:00.000-04:00It's hard to think of artists as powerful at all. ...It's hard to think of artists as powerful at all. What I find the most discouraging about being an artist is that curators and dealers have so much power and often have so little actual talent or imagination. (Triple Candie being an exception) Most artists are expected to be grateful for crumbs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444064.post-1161050161830793182006-10-16T21:56:00.000-04:002006-10-16T21:56:00.000-04:00I don't think I got the subtle joke. I didn't find...I don't think I got the subtle joke. I didn't find onthecusp on the original list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com