{"id":1840,"date":"2010-08-02T17:45:52","date_gmt":"2010-08-03T00:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp\/2010\/08\/club_nergo_golf_anyone\/"},"modified":"2010-08-02T17:45:52","modified_gmt":"2010-08-03T00:45:52","slug":"club_nergo_golf_anyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/2010\/08\/club_nergo_golf_anyone.html","title":{"rendered":"Art Club Negro: Golf, anyone?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.riesniemi.com\/\">Ries Niemi<\/a> objected to my post, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/2010\/07\/art-golf-in-a-gallery.html\"><i>Art &amp; golf in a gallery<\/i><\/a>: <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nAs an artist, I always resent these stupid theme shows.<br \/>\nOnly one step removed from those plastic cows that &#8220;artists&#8221; decorate for charity, or the inane competitions on Work of Fart on TV.<br \/>\nMini Golf, in particular, is a recurring curatorial cop out.<br \/>\nIt keeps cropping up, for well over 30 years now. First one I remember was in NYC, in the 70&#8217;s, but there were probably some before that&#8230;.Why is it only visual artists get subjected to these idiotic themes, these &#8220;fun ideas&#8221;?<br \/>\nHow come famous poets aren&#8217;t asked to all write poems about<br \/>\nCupcakes for an anthology? &#8230;<br \/>\nGood art does not come at the request of a curator to fit into a &#8220;fun&#8221; category that everyone can relate to.<br \/>\nSure, once in a while some of these show produce interesting, or at least amusing, shadows of what the artist could really do if left unmolested.<br \/>\nBut by and large, they are an example of intellectual laziness on the part of exhibiting spaces and curators, and pandering to the lowest common denominator.<br \/>\nNow, I gotta go, and make my piece for the upcoming show about Tube Socks&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes indeed, except of course, it depends. Even the most unpromising premises can deliver, given the right artists. The right artists are usually those who are there already. It&#8217;s the difference between a curator who thinks about corners because she notices artists are working there, and a curator who asks artists who&#8217;ve never done a corner piece to make one for her. The former has a better chance of scoring than the latter. <\/p>\n<p>Back to golf. An easy way to sink the art ball is to invite <a href=\"http:\/\/artnegro.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/links\/\">Charles McGill<\/a> (aka Arthur Negro) to participate.&nbsp; Not only does he make his own golf bags&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"artnegrobag.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/artnegrobag.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0pt auto 20px;\" height=\"472\" width=\"324\" \/>&#8230;he&#8217;s founder of the moving golf course known as Club Negro and the website, <a href=\"http:\/\/artnegro.com\/wordpress\/\">ArtNegro.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"artnegrocars.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/artnegrocars.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0pt auto 20px;\" height=\"283\" width=\"422\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"artnegroharlem.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/artnegroharlem.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0pt auto 20px;\" height=\"500\" width=\"394\" \/>McGill: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Arthur Negro, the clubs first and only Golf Brofessional, has fulfilled his dream of creating a secluded and tranquil place where former black militants can focus on things more personal to them; A place where the daily pressures of changing the world can be left on the practice putting green and where their inherent desire for individuality can be realized, somewhere between the first tee and the 18th green.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ries Niemi objected to my post, Art &amp; golf in a gallery: As an artist, I always resent these stupid theme shows. Only one step removed from those plastic cows that &#8220;artists&#8221; decorate for charity, or the inane competitions on Work of Fart on TV. Mini Golf, in particular, is a recurring curatorial cop out. 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