tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post5902550046846270187..comments2024-03-28T06:25:55.731-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Marina Abramovićpattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-75195865445991861512012-07-04T06:52:45.917-04:002012-07-04T06:52:45.917-04:00HA! Exactly although both tend to make people cry....HA! Exactly although both tend to make people cry.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-5993544365359749562012-07-03T23:42:49.914-04:002012-07-03T23:42:49.914-04:00It is interesting (to me, at least) how this perfo...It is interesting (to me, at least) how this performance approach to the interaction of strangers is the opposite of speed-dating.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-28596995875321551672012-07-03T23:39:41.609-04:002012-07-03T23:39:41.609-04:00Not all art need have a blatant narrative, but the...Not all art need have a blatant narrative, but there is no escaping narrative, either (any more than there is of escaping genre), even if the narrative is no more elaborate than This is something for you to experience.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-37291318563466965252012-07-03T19:12:29.817-04:002012-07-03T19:12:29.817-04:00Well, all of her work focuses on herself. She neve...Well, all of her work focuses on herself. She never speaks of anyone else. At the end of the interview, she asks, "so what do you think of me?" She comes off seeming rather self-obsessed especially in light of all of her art involving her body. I actually felt living inside her skin would be more than I could bear.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-24608877767440729592012-07-03T18:51:29.426-04:002012-07-03T18:51:29.426-04:00The notion that something or someone is narcissist...The notion that something or someone is narcissistic and self-indulgent--where does that judgment come from? The "performance" can end up being about you rather than the "artist."Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-46235701036340973652012-07-03T18:17:42.773-04:002012-07-03T18:17:42.773-04:00Performance Art doesn't do much for me--but I ...Performance Art doesn't do much for me--but I could spend all day looking at Joseph Cornell's boxes, so to each his own, je suppose.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-2879853739670221612012-07-03T15:22:18.212-04:002012-07-03T15:22:18.212-04:00I'm with Phil on this one.I'm with Phil on this one.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-85014647196955680192012-07-03T15:00:07.095-04:002012-07-03T15:00:07.095-04:00Performance is art. I think a lot of performance ...Performance is art. I think a lot of performance art can be narcissistic and stupid. But, I am way, way removed from that artwork and the artist's thinking. I know enough to know my own commentary is without an understanding of what it going on. <br /><br />I read Finley's autobio that came out in 2000. There was not much about her work but the NEA brouhaha should put a wicked strain on her life.Gerardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-20979933372727152052012-07-03T14:58:41.279-04:002012-07-03T14:58:41.279-04:00Nice analysis, Thomas. And I especially like the i...Nice analysis, Thomas. And I especially like the idea that art doesn't need to have a narrative. Now does writing?pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-23432518443641429332012-07-03T14:55:34.337-04:002012-07-03T14:55:34.337-04:00I saw Karen Finley's performance a long time a...I saw Karen Finley's performance a long time ago and liked it. And yes, it is art, it makes you think more than that crap on TV meant to sell soap, which we gladly call "art."<br />Minimalism like this is meant to silence the everpresent noise of life. Her performance could evoke many things. How often do you see a stranger, up close, without the mask they wear to get through the day? We're always performing. The best photographers get past that act. <br />I'm not calling her a genius or anything, just that performance art is not always like a one-person show. Art doesn't always have a narrative.Thomas Pluckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17008022962076648740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-86051103063334126332012-07-03T13:03:29.912-04:002012-07-03T13:03:29.912-04:00No, it doesn't. I'll concede it's a fo...No, it doesn't. I'll concede it's a form of acting, but art it isn't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com