Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Putting a face on the story

Here is a good arts example of making the story human.
http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/alissa-walker/designerati/new-moca-director-deitch-will-close-his-gallery-doesnt-quiet-angry-ar

Thoughts?
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  1. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2010 at 7:33 PM

    Louis Vouitton products in a MOCA exhibit? That's crazy. I have no problems with a non-profit gallery hiring someone from the commercial world, as long as that person does not mix art with Louis Vuitton.

    When someone put consumer products like Louis Vuitton bags front and centre in an exhibition, it tells the public that a publicly-funded art gallery is a status symbol. Public art galleries obviously don't (or shouldn't) function like that, and this is what offends people (tax payers especially?).

    But on the OTHER HAND, I can see how an exhibit of outrageously commercial items can make for great head-line news in the arts section, and draw in people who wouldn't otherwise visit a non-profit art gallery..

    Though we know it is a good practise to separate beauty from prestige, and put beauty before prestige, it seems to make more financial sense for a struggling arts organization to draw in more customers (if patrons can be labeled this) using whatever method it can.

    I can see both sides of the argument, so I don't know what the right answer is. I can certainly see how tough it was for the person who made the Deitch hiring decison for MOCA.

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