Sunday, August 14, 2005

Ironic Nostalgia

I saw a bit of graffiti the other day on a wall that was already covered with stenciled, spray-painted portraits of celebrities from the 70s. The graffiti was a bit of critical reaction, and it said:

"Ironic nostalgia is not Art."

So, the galleries will only hang "established" members of the Art establishment, maybe Art should be invisible. If this is a cultural Dark Ages, maybe Art should try to be invisible. But, the "loyal opposition" had better have something better to say than "Do you remember Fonzie?" Sounds reasonable.

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