tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427636288876002207.post5342814273856702390..comments2023-05-07T02:27:10.256-07:00Comments on Brian Sherwin -- Art Critic: Hype vs. Talent: Which is more important for mainstream success?Balhatainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16724164461778838101noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427636288876002207.post-55377714751203514762010-10-20T12:24:50.905-07:002010-10-20T12:24:50.905-07:00Controversy is usually courted by artists who can&...Controversy is usually courted by artists who can't really paint, just as musicians who can barely play make a big show of struggling with their guitars or horns; but I found a tiny bit of it worked once: the first time I got a mention in a London paper, the Guardian, was when I gave an exhibition a 'fancy' name: "I shot Mario Amaya".Cliff Hanleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427636288876002207.post-36931094810968672662010-09-21T10:55:32.974-07:002010-09-21T10:55:32.974-07:00i'll send you a copy of the recent article I w...i'll send you a copy of the recent article I wrote for an arabic newspaper... There's lots more, because the article is "clean" for it's viewers... this is a good synopsis!rasamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11764555919075714168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427636288876002207.post-21708616843751500412010-09-20T14:27:19.323-07:002010-09-20T14:27:19.323-07:00Rasama, write to me about some of your experiences...Rasama, write to me about some of your experiences.Balhatainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16724164461778838101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427636288876002207.post-69389357192956627742010-09-20T10:47:51.188-07:002010-09-20T10:47:51.188-07:00LOL had to smile about the cow and Qur'an... W...LOL had to smile about the cow and Qur'an... When I lived there, we weren't supposed to even put a newspaper in the bottom of a bird cage lest the prophets name were on it. which of course is ludicrous because every male child is called mohammed. That didn't sway me from using the paper anywhere I wanted. I did however experience an art event unlike anything that can happen here in the land of commercial consumerism....rasamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11764555919075714168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427636288876002207.post-39235974733966321012010-09-19T18:43:29.903-07:002010-09-19T18:43:29.903-07:00Yep, hype...and it is quite unfortunate. Perhaps y...Yep, hype...and it is quite unfortunate. Perhaps you should kill a cow with a Qur'an.ld50https://www.blogger.com/profile/12512369045716480068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427636288876002207.post-54259552464021260512010-09-19T17:55:47.619-07:002010-09-19T17:55:47.619-07:00it will take critics with wholesome sense to turn ...it will take critics with wholesome sense to turn it all around. plus artists who don't sell out to hype. Hype is exactly that. Only fools get by with that type of art. art is so much powerful than that. exactly what is mainstream? If I don't show in galleries then i am not artist? sometime ask me about an artshow in the middle of Saudi Arabia that rocked that world....rasamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11764555919075714168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427636288876002207.post-86614645387509695552010-09-19T16:38:22.547-07:002010-09-19T16:38:22.547-07:00Hype.Shouldn't be but it is. Maybe I should ki...Hype.Shouldn't be but it is. Maybe I should kill a cow and call it art. oops, I believe that's been done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com