March 26, 2004
Joywar, What is it good for?
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The artist Joy Garnett just had a show called "Riot" at Debs & Co, lushly
painted figures in caught in moments of distress or violence. Then she got
threatened with a lawsuit by a Magnum photographer for referencing a 1978
image of a guy throwing a Molotov cocktail. Of course, the irony [?] is
that, as Garnett says, "my work is ABOUT the fact that images are
uncontrollable entities. It's about what happens when you remove context
and framing devices." Which means, of course, it's about getting sued.
Congratulations, Joy. I hope you get sued again real soon.
Related: The Bomb Project, an archive of "nuclear-related links organized
for artists."
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art | posted by greg at March 26, 2004 09:08 AM
"Joywar, What is it good for?"
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