Thursday, August 27, 2009

Was the artist the art?

How important is biography?

2006 New York Art "words" on artists "to watch"
(* marks mine as to what may still ring true)

helicopter *
search lights
opening
intimidation *
domestic scenes
deliberative moments *
Christ-like *
coffin
staged *
real
morgue
home
masked
hooded *
swamps
camp
romantic
self-ironic *
cinema *
obituaries
exploited *
history *
perpetual
liars
obits
obsession *
freak
control
gum
survivor
Mondrian
strips
streets
sprawl
city
collage
activity
unapologetic
hairdresser
hollow core doors
carpet in a corner
contractor
crude
insulation
economy *
protest *
artifacts
mock *
boutiques
manifestos
Super 8 footage
politically
activist
detached observer
documentarian
horseback
Napoleon
surrender
depart
fleeting *
ephemeral
audio *
dissonance
implodes
Shaker
cabinets
recording
car
high speed
wheezing *
voodoo


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