Visual Art Jul 4, 2012 at 4:00 am

(Or at Least They Try)

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As an artist from the stables of the now defunct 'LP' it stands to reason that this "new gallery model" by Ms. Lee and company and the "LP's" mission would be, as you and Mr. Kucera are trying so hard to make the case, in that same promotional thought process and general marketing approach. But what about the aspect of galleries, curators, and artists presenting just about anything and everything these days that they deem smart, relevant, revolutionary, 'genius', or just plain great and important art as the new avant garde, the movement to be reckoned with and respected, the take notice everyone, or the better buy it now before you can't schtick? Especially so when most of these presentations, this one included, seem far too intrinsically personal, generally fleeting in long term releveance, pretty darn shallow, and frankly, dull.
'Tech this, art = activism that, programming this', the mundacity of the experience and content is eye crossingly boring. These choices show up as the shot in the dark at hitting the fame bullseye which will advance them to here or there approach, which is everything but art. Art of self promotion, maybe. Marketing hype, egotistic, tomfoolery, or ridiculous it most probably is, but it is not as they would have you believe, great art. It raises the question that "is it all too obvious and just too easy?". Yep.
And exactly why are they making us partake in this type of charade and what are they accomplishing by it's presentation? Successful and satisfying social interactions, good dating? Boring. Does anyone really care if you're tweeting for art Jen? And "changing the world", seriously?
As someone recently said after exiting yet another forced and uninteresting local show at the 'LP', contemporary artists need to return to an solid intellectual foundation and technical mastery of disciplines combination, a traditional (dirty word I know) approach possibly, not only to function and succeed long term, but to have a foundation upon which to rebel and remark upon in their art. It's not just because they say so, or he says so, or you, Jen, say so, sorry.
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@1

just curious, why the need to lie so much? (i.e. everything in your profile re: education, former posts, statement that you are a former LP artist, etc, etc, etc)...i actually thought there was an ounce of truth in one of your posts but when i continued reading your angry, bitter rants i realized you are EXACTLY what you write. a failed and miserable attempt at artistry that no one gives the time of day (thus the need to visit Stranger sooooo often...). ok, go ahead and respond in your typical panties-in-a-twist manner. we all know who you are (and are not).

On to more important things, it is interesting to note how well seattle received one of LPs artist's - isaac layman - work.

i think this speaks volumes as to what seattle wants to see. kucera understands this and plays this game well. i hope he picks up layman.
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It aint easy to con Seattles residents into buying or appreciating all the circle-jerking facets of 90% of contemporary art. Anyone who has lived in LA (me) is familiar with just how political art has become - ny too. these are the main cities in the US of A where postmodernism continues to outlive itself. Lots of good reasons for that.

as a nonartist who buys art, i just dont really care about what you're average artist thinks about - we like and buy some of their art objects b/c their work speaks at a personal level. simple, really.

If you want to play the game of what goes on in la or ny, MOVE THERE. Seattle will remain a strangely insular city driven by software biz and practicality that could really care less for ideas devoid of substance.
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I am struck by the concept of your 'group's' (your inference, "we all know") need to angrily personalize this whole process of commentary. The "need to know". The nature of your angry interactions and your public forum critique methodology that you so badly want to suppress and censor say so much. You seem to represent this controlling clique or coven, a hierarchical power and governing body of the Seattle art scene. Weird.
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Yep. Sounds like a bunch or horseshit to me.

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