5/4/08
7:08 AM
an absolute treat ...
as i mentioned a few entries ago,
there’s a symposium in marfa, texas this weekend
that through the wonders of modern technology
you can listen to anywhere ...
the roster of speakers - for the most part - were engaging;
[with the possible exception of one presenter’s informal ‘chat’,
pompous delivery, and predictable rhetoric]
i found it impossible to leave ...
judd began writing seriously as an art critic in the 60’s
and what i found particularly interesting
was his brand of intelligent ‘activism’ toward established,
or blindly accepted theories of what art should be ...
though he often did the usual salt ‘n pepper reviews,
he’d season them with his own flavor of cynicism or doubt
that would spawn dialogue and debate ...
something i really don’t hear a lot of today ...
[i find most critics self important and afraid to write about what they don’t know or at least pretending and defending what they think they know instead of considering what they do as an ongoing dialogue] ...
the beauty is ...
that judd transcended through the minutia to a ‘discussion’ that continues today ...
begins today at 9 a.m.
ann temkin’s paper at 10 a.m. and,
david rabinowitch at 12:15 [the highlight for me]
(that’s central time - an hour later for we easterners)
