{"id":1964,"date":"2011-02-09T17:30:04","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T01:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp\/2011\/02\/wrong_is_right\/"},"modified":"2012-01-06T17:55:05","modified_gmt":"2012-01-07T01:55:05","slug":"wrong_is_right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/2011\/02\/wrong_is_right.html","title":{"rendered":"Wrong is right – the shock of the flaw"},"content":{"rendered":"

That old grade-school test question – Which of these does not belong? – offers a key to the aesthetics of the expressively hot, as opposed to the classically cool. The hint of crazy within the solid citizen, the blood in the water and the worm in the rose (mortal, guilty<\/a>) move us in a way that visions of perfection rarely do.<\/p>\n

In honor of the flaw, a small survey of its recent, robust manifestations.<\/p>\n

Douglas Gordon Three Inches (Black)<\/em> 1997 (image via<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"douglasgordon3inch.jpg\"Susan Robb: Three from the last decade (images via<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"SusanRobblongwalk.jpg\"\"susanrobbbunnytest.jpg\"\"susanrobbscratch.jpg\"Winkler + Noah<\/a>, from The Puppet Show<\/em><\/p>\n

\"jasonkottkepuppet.jpg\"<\/a>Alice Wheeler KATHLEEN HANNA, OLYMPIA, 1993 Inkjet print 40.5 x 27 inches, edition of From “Women Are Beautiful” (image via<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"alicewheelerincest.jpg\"Grant Barnhart Black Box Cutter<\/em> 2009 (image via<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"grantbarnhartbulletface.jpg\"Roger Shimomura HOUSING DISCRIMINATION, 2003
\nAcrylic on canvas, 20 x 24 inches (image via<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"rogershimyellowfacein5.jpg\"Alwyn O’Brien Allegory of Something<\/em> 2010
\nManganese Clay and Glaze
\n10″ x 8 3\/4″ x 5 3\/8″ (image via<\/a>)\"alwynobrienfoot.jpg\"As a birthday present, my alcoholic father-in-law once received from a teenage son a recycled collage. An empty bottle from the old man’s favorite brand bore a new label. Instead of Old Crow<\/em>, it now read, Old Croak<\/em>, with the dead mascot bird drawn below.<\/p>\n

Sean M Johnson
\nGrandpa<\/em>
\n2008
\nRocking chair, Jack Daniels bottle, pack of cigarettes
\n60″ x 46″ 38″ (image via<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"seanmjohnsongranpa.jpg\"Speaking of alcohol, Jack Daws INDIAN FLASK, 2005
\n(left: BEAR, center: RAVEN, right: EAGLE)
\nFound decal on found stainless steel flask
\n7 x 5 x 2 inches (image via<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"jackdawsindianflask.jpg\"Finally, the master of the flaw in furniture, Roy MacMakin<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"roymcmakinpinkchr.jpg\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That old grade-school test question – Which of these does not belong? – offers a key to the aesthetics of the expressively hot, as opposed to the classically cool. The hint of crazy within the solid citizen, the blood in the water and the worm in the rose (mortal, guilty) move us in a way […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1980,"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-1964","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964","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=1964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}