1/20/13
1/19/13
ART CRITIC~ DAVID HICKEY TELLS IT LIKE IT IS..
Retiring: Art critic Dave Hickey has grown tired of the 'fame obsessed' modern art world
A famous American culture critic has announced he is quitting the world of art as he claims it has become obsessed with celebrities and money.
Dave Hickey attacks the contemporary arts scene saying anyone who has ‘read a Batman comic’ can make a career for themselves in art.
The professor and author condemns the ‘tourist mentality’ of the industry, complaining it has led to well-known artists being overestimated.
The 71-year-old arts and culture critic said it has become ‘calcified, self-reverential and a hostage to rich collectors who have no respect for what they are doing’.
‘Art editors and critics – people like me – have become a courtier class,’ he told The Observer.
‘All we do is wander around the palace and advise very rich people. It's not worth my time.’
‘If I go to London, everyone wants to talk about Damien Hirst. I'm just not interested in him. Never have been.’
Mr Hickey said the emergence of arts consultants has led to collectors buying what they have been told is great art, instead of forming their own opinion.
BODHI ZEN CENTER~ JEMEZ SPRINGS
this is a late entry from way back on jan 9th.... you are probably too young to remember that era..... sorry~
jan 9th~ 2013
i took a walk to the BODHI ZEN CENTER today..
i set off around 1pm with plans to get back to raymond's for tea time. bodhi is approx. 1/4mile from raymond's homestead. you need to pass the valles caldera research center, (who knows what goes on there with their group of scientists... all male. they drink a lot.) then walk pass my favorite "retreat for naughty priests"~ the mother of mary~ priest's,
(i'm not kidding) church & rectory, and the sisters of the sacred blood, (again i'm not kidding) nunnery. after the "sister cemetery" and the "nun walk," ~ a 1/4mile contemplative path for the nuns to reflect~
(the sister cemetery)
(wild rose hips!)
i reach the bodi zen center~ a Buddhist retreat.
a very special sanctuary for meditation and truly a sacred spot. depending on their moods the Buddhists can be very generous, or stingy with the natural hot springs on their property. today after clearance from a few young male Buddhists i am allowed access.
what can i say about the fountain of youth..... the springs have healing powers and will make one feel that there truly is heaven on earth. i soak in the springs for at least two hours. at first listening to the chant of a visiting dalai lama sharing the pools with me. his chant is melodic and soothing... simply the most reassuring sound one can witness. after his chant he introduces himself and says he is from arkansas. who knew there were Buddhists in arkansas?!
(the founder of bodhi zen center)
later i am joined by a woman from montreal, canada. she has a heavy accent and the prerequisite short hair worn by all Buddhists. we have a peaceful chat which ends in her asking me where she can get a nice bottle of wine. turns out she made a spaghetti sauce and feels a bottle of red will be all she needs to complete the meal. she is right of course.
i direct her to ponderosa winery which is approx. 2 miles from jemez. raymond later tells me that it's actually 20 miles away.... it is hard to tell distance in jemez springs.. one mile seems like ten.
i direct her to ponderosa winery which is approx. 2 miles from jemez. raymond later tells me that it's actually 20 miles away.... it is hard to tell distance in jemez springs.. one mile seems like ten.
POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE~ 2013
IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THE NYC AREA~ please check out VISUAL AIDS~ 2013 and look for my artwork.. let me know if you like it!
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