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A dupe, a puppet, this is the real role of this earnest yet utterly insipid and awful painter. A way of having painting while denigrating it by definition- by de-skilling it, thus raising the importance of its 'conceptual' underpinings/'context'- as in text- written in reams of sameness by academics/curators in order to further their various ambitions within the climes of todays art world. All, while marginalizing the role of art, the artist in the whole rancid equation.
Come step right up! And take a long hard look at the crap you can own for about $200,000.00 of that hedge fund account- its truly mind boggling!
Or, if, I can explain away/make a case for this trendy crap, Perhaps I can salvage my reputation in tatters after that rock show/Sympathy For The Devil debacle- (universally loathed in rock music and most quarters of the art world,) and then maybe, just maybe, someone IMPORTANT! will Notice Me! I Might Even Get To Be A Real 'Somebody' Within The International Curatorial Consensus Conglomerate!
Dear Mr. Shark,
We are delighted to tell you that you have been nominated for a Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Individual Artist Award, the first actual Shark to be thus uhhhmmmmm......'honored'
Part of the 'return to beauty idea' if I understand it correctly has been layed out as a type of revisionism
Josh Smith: does it look good, have any kind of real visual presence? Can he even paint? Is there any noticable rigor? As actual paintings devoid of art market hype are these things worth a shit? Of course not! But these trifles hardly matter, what matters, is SAATCHI BOUGHT ONE!
Continue reading Todays Aesthetic Criteria: But Saatchi Bought One!.
SURF &TURF! Hooked To The Party Line , Cooked Into Conformist, Cookie Cutter Chunks,...Does It Come Any Other Way? by The Shark
Its Really Not Her Fault. Kilimnik: What George Bush Is To The Neocons, She Is to The Institutional/Academic Purveyors of The de-Skilled by The Shark
Seeing, is believing! NOW FESTOONING THE COVER! of ART IN AMERICA! And, NOW! At The MCA, The Consensoriat's Idea Of Interesting Painting, With Accompanying Essay (Bootlicking) by, Curator Dominic Molon. Behold, The Genius That Is, Karen Kilimnik by The Shark
Nothing Like A Little Deep Tissue Work Before A Serious Chomp-Down! Coming Next, The Insipid Conflation Of What Is 'Cutting Edge' ..urp! With, How Mediocre Can It Possibly Get? Or, In A Word, 'Kilimnik', Awful Art Enabling Even More! Academic Aggression by The Shark
Well, Well, Holy Mahatma Gandhi! Here We Are Fellow Sharkpack Members At The New Digs, Shark Park Redux! Now, What's For Lunch? by The Shark
Is There A Polite Way To Say, FUCK OFF AND DIE? The Shark Gets Nominated For A Dreihaus Award by The Shark
All Of This 'Positioning' For 'Art's' Next Big Move, A Return To Beauty, Whatever! Is About to Make Me Go Apoplectic! by The Shark
Memo to Betsy Baker -editor, Art In America: Beyond Kilimnik: How Will The MCA, or ART IN AMERICA Top Itself? The Shark Offers Up One Possibility, A Kinkade, Kilimnik Smackdown! by The Shark
In Honor of Bad At Sports' Judy Ledgerwood Interview, We Thought We Would Put Up Some Images of Her Paintings!...OH NO! Whats Wrong Here? Why Are They All Signed, Larry Poons 1962? Introducing a New Term: Politically Manipulated Ripoff Facsimile Painting! by The Shark
Todays Aesthetic Criteria: But Saatchi Bought One! by The Shark
A Brush With Death, Anatomy of a Shark Bite! by The Shark
At The Chopin Theater, Mention Sharkforum, Get Two Tickets For The Price Of One! by The Shark
Why Does That 11 Million Dollar Doig Look Like Nothing So Much as a Poor Ma.. errrrh- I Mean 'Rich Man's Version of Wisconsin Master Painter Tom Uttech? (20k, Maybe 30k) by The Shark
Imagine You are A Curator, Curating a Rock Music and Art Exhibition, and, That You Are Guilty Of Curatorial Malpractice: Wouldn't You Be Nervous Given The Shark Infested Waters That Surround Chicago? by The Shark
A Photo Essay Homage To The Whale Shark by The Shark
