Comments on Contemporary Confections: ArtPrize 2011 | GayGayGay

Deborah and Pfleghaar, thanks for your comments. I...

2011-10-04T23:57:33.734-04:00

Deborah and Pfleghaar, thanks for your comments. I'm glad to have written this post for the AP blog.

Nicole thank you for your candid coverage of artpr...

2011-10-04T18:59:18.757-04:00

Nicole thank you for your candid coverage of artprize. I have always been suspicious of paid editorials, but you have presented fairly the kind of art dialog much needed in Western Michigan, especially since there is none eleven months of the year.

Eric Fischl's interview is my favorite because he articulates very well something I have been trying to formulate in my own mind about the sad state of realist work presented in artprize. Most is technically proficient but has no soul or reason for being other than skill with materials. This I find consistent to all the one-liner sculptural work, which is so contradictory to contemporary art tropes.

Again, thank you and I hope you do return to Grand Rapids next year.

The above comment was originally posted on the Art...

2011-10-03T20:08:46.677-04:00

The above comment was originally posted on the ArtPrize blog. I have reposted it here in it's entirety in the event that it is edited or not posted on the ArtPrize blog.

To Nicole Caruth: As an artist and art educator wh...

2011-10-03T20:06:10.504-04:00

To Nicole Caruth:
As an artist and art educator who is also a lesbian, I want to thank you for your thoughtful comments and your coverage of the few works in ArtPrize that deal directly with issues of civil rights for the LGBT community. While there is much written about ArtPrize in the media, your blog entry is the first I have seen that directly addresses entries in ArtPrize that deal with discrimination against the LGBT community.
Given your coverage of the issue, I would be remiss if I did not point out a particular irony about ArtPrize and Holland City Council’s refusal to end discrimination against LGBT people in housing and employment. As you noted, Brian Burch is indeed a member of Holland’s City Council. But this is not the whole story. In addition to the fact that Mr. Burch is one of four Holland City Council members who voted against the non-discrimination ordinance, he was also hired by ArtPrize as their Public Relations Director and is the moderator of this very blog. Strange bedfellows, don’t you think?! Given that Mr. Burch has used his position on the Holland City Council to support discrimination against the LGBT community, I wonder if he will allow my post to appear on the ArtPrize blog. To Mr. Burch I say, “You have had your opportunity to express your views. Please allow me to express mine.”