A Brooklyn Culture Mafia
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linebaugh
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the podcast sphere is strange because it caters to the most dull facets of existence. There are some devout and enthusiastic listeners but with most of my social sphere its a begrudging exercise. Why as other people have already mentioned the current iteration of the borooklyn culture mafia seems shittier than the past- basquiat may have been wanking around with insufferable rich dicks aswell but he was also creating experiences youre willing to go out of your way to have.
sus
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wipe some doritos on yr
luka
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Sounds like the best job ever I'd try and stay in that job for life
sus
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Basquiat's not that good.
linebaugh
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I really like basquiat. Its like if cy twombly was hanging around the south american abstract painters scene
padraig (u.s.)
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looking fwd to the expansion of this sizzling hot take
linebaugh
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I imagine Basquiat was the favorite of every blue haired marxist who would bully gus up at nyu
yyaldrin
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where can i find more about the south american abstract painters scene? can you recommend me some artists to check out?
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
yeah I was guessing it's some ultracontrarian NY elite liberal arts take
luka
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Ben Watson decided to spend most of a recent JH Prynne review being grumpy about Basquiat, presumably cos he had no idea of what Prynne was banging on about and it seemed sensible to create a distraction
"The recent Basquiat exhibition at the Barbican this year is surely the End of the Fucking Road for this particular ideology: a so-called incursion of “hip hop” into fine art which – in the flesh – saw a queue of the ignorant and craven dumbstruck by news of the prices being paid for every canvas. The shuffling reverence of the punters was indicative: the stink was religious– oppression mystified as profundity. When, after viewing the bulk of the canvases, Iris (12) shot out “But they’re all the same, they’re boring!” … horrified glances from everyone in the room, like someone had said something racist. Seen in sequence, Basquiat was exposed as a graphic designer with a limited set of motifs (graffiti, Leonardo’s notebooks, Haitian shrine stylings), a Neville Brady-level talent making canvases for the collectors. Hailing Basquiat as a victory for race relations is like conceiving Theresa May as a victory for women’s rights: astoundingly stupid." https://psychedelicbolshevik.wordpress.com/tag/ben-watson/
"The recent Basquiat exhibition at the Barbican this year is surely the End of the Fucking Road for this particular ideology: a so-called incursion of “hip hop” into fine art which – in the flesh – saw a queue of the ignorant and craven dumbstruck by news of the prices being paid for every canvas. The shuffling reverence of the punters was indicative: the stink was religious– oppression mystified as profundity. When, after viewing the bulk of the canvases, Iris (12) shot out “But they’re all the same, they’re boring!” … horrified glances from everyone in the room, like someone had said something racist. Seen in sequence, Basquiat was exposed as a graphic designer with a limited set of motifs (graffiti, Leonardo’s notebooks, Haitian shrine stylings), a Neville Brady-level talent making canvases for the collectors. Hailing Basquiat as a victory for race relations is like conceiving Theresa May as a victory for women’s rights: astoundingly stupid." https://psychedelicbolshevik.wordpress.com/tag/ben-watson/
Have you seen gaspar noe's dads paintings? Really good.
Luis Felipe No :: Cronologa
linebaugh
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Ive just picked up a general sense from odd exhibitions Ive seen, coming from the south we have a lot, wish I could be of more help. also I think its evident that a big name like picasso shows up in Basquiats work. But the first image I linked was painted by Luis Felipe Noe. the MFA in Houston has a good collection that you can click around in https://emuseum.mfah.org/advancedsearch/Objects/department:Latin American Art
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
he sounds like a grumpy, hostile version of the patronizing asshole interviewing Basquiat here
padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
like, you can or not like anyone's work on aesthetic grounds
but I can reduce anyone to a "graphic designer with a limited set of motifs"
Rothko, a graphic designer with rectangles
such a fucking stupid critique
not a new one tho, he was loudly derided by plenty of ppl as a (racial) hype job at the time as well
the worst part isn't the opinion on his art, it's the erasure of his agency in his work
like, the motifs mean something beyond themselves. you'd think a fancy critic with a theory background could do better.
but I can reduce anyone to a "graphic designer with a limited set of motifs"
Rothko, a graphic designer with rectangles
such a fucking stupid critique
not a new one tho, he was loudly derided by plenty of ppl as a (racial) hype job at the time as well
the worst part isn't the opinion on his art, it's the erasure of his agency in his work
like, the motifs mean something beyond themselves. you'd think a fancy critic with a theory background could do better.