[Frameworks] experimential film in the art world

[marilyn brakhage]

I don't know much of her story either, though yes, she apparently had  
art world connections.  She seems to work mainly in film, but is  
represented by a gallery.  Some people on the list must be familiar  
with her work?  . . . However beautiful or interesting her films may  
be, there are certainly many others equally worthy, I should think, so  
presumably it has something to do with the networks she is in, in  
addition to whatever inherent value her work has.

I could engage in a little cynicism of my own (not about her  
specifically, but about art world choices in general and what drives  
them), but perhaps that's easy enough for anyone to see -- and I have  
to get back to work now, so am signing off for awhile . . .

MB



A little of my own cynicism:  There is a certain degree of spectacle,  
and of an accessibility of ideas that can be talked about that influence

On 5-Mar-12, at 11:33 PM, John Woods wrote:

> >This really does seem a little too cynical.  No one is suggesting  
> any such thing.  I'm just trying to represent the work of someone  
> who is already well-known
> >and presumably taken seriously.  And I guess what it takes is being  
> clear about one's expectations and sticking to it.
>
> Yes, that was a dumb, cynical remark I made.  But I do have a  
> genuine question as to what were the circumstances that allowed  
> those artists to achieve their special status in the art world  
> presenting film in a gallery setting?
>
> I'm mainly familiar with Stan Douglas's work of the past decade  
> which includes film & photography (which have sometimes been photos  
> related to a film), so he's got the art school and artist from  
> another field thing in his support but what of Tacita Dean? I havn't  
> seen her work but from my quick study online (ok just wikipedia) she  
> seems to be a filmmaker who happened to be associated with a group  
> of traditional artists who got some notoriety in the late 80s.  
> Clearly she's had a great career, but would the galleries have  
> called if she didn't have famous friends?
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