Publicly a work becomes not just intention, Gum or glue: Given The words that surround an artist’s practice are a I’m thinking of Ken For others, a less radical change in conceptual geography might do the trick.<\/p>\n Why can’t, for instance, Dale Chihuly<\/a>‘s more madcap ventures Minter, Chewy<\/i> (image via<\/a>)<\/p>\n Art is subtle, even when it’s crude, but context is crude, even when it’s subtle. It’s a constructed narrative that places art in a tradition. Jasper Johns: Publicly a work becomes not just intention, but the way it is used. If an artist makes something – or if you make chewing gum and everybody ends […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1547","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nbut the way it is used. If an artist makes something – or if you make
\nchewing gum and everybody ends up using it as glue, whoever made it is
\ngiven the responsibility of making glue, even if what he really intends
\nis chewing gum. You can’t control that kind of thing. (more<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nthat any number of elements can be used to define,
\nincluding but not limited to peer association, psychological projection,
\nphilosophical inquiry and product similarity at a particular time and
\nplace, those elements can give way to others, heretofore not
\nthought of, that could help artists emerge from whatever hole
\nthey’ve been forced into.<\/p>\n
\nkey, a code, a misdirection or a muffling device. What’s true of
\ncriticism is true of the labels employed in criticism as well as marketing. What matters
\nmost? Location, location, location. <\/p>\n
\nJohnson’s review<\/a>
\nof the Outsider Art Fair in New York. Who is or isn’t an outsider is
\nhard to define, which means the category is wide open. An artist going
\nnowhere fast might get there faster should he or she be placed in the
\noutsider context. Getting there is not the point for outsider artists. Because they are never out of date, they need no destination. Because they don’t register in
\nthe play of current aesthetics, they are better served in the outsider’s ever-present,
\nnever-changing now.<\/p>\n
\nbe grouped thematically with the exuberantly lustful? Critics are only as good as their sales pitch. Assume for a moment that a critic exists who could close this deal, who could slip Chihuly into a lineup with the likes
\nof Marilyn Minter<\/a> and Ben
\nWeiner<\/a>, just for starters. That critic could give glass art’s main man a way for a wider audience to think about him that is not what it thinks already.<\/p>\n![\"marilynminterchewy.jpg\"](\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/marilynminterchewy.jpg\")
Weiner – The Crimes of Paris (Pink Hair Gel)<\/i>, 2008, oil on canvas, 64 x 197 inches
<\/a>![\"benweinerpinkgel.jpg\"](\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/benweinerpinkgel.jpg\")
<\/a>Chihuly, detail. (image via<\/a>) If he had called the piece partially reproduced below a homage to pink hair gel or even an explosion in a shingle factory, would the change his narrative be enough to bump him onto a new track?<\/p>\n![\"dalechihulyceilingb.jpg\"](\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/dalechihulyceilingb.jpg\")
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