I Immediately thought of Hito’s work as well as soon as I read your intro. I feel similarly about art world. (I will check out the other artists mentioned!) As the contradictions of capitalism become sharpens in the last few years I find myself enjoying contemporary art less and less as it desperately tries to make itself relevant. I say that as someone who easily overlooks flaws in art and try to take in what is enjoyable/good. I also enjoy art that is playful and comical. I thought Laurie Anderson’s earlier works about clones and her PSA videos fun and enjoyable. Another artist I enjoy is Paul Chan, his work is playful and humorous. I believe he was also an organizer before he became an artist and still tries to bring some politics in his work .
I like Laurie Anderson too! Although I often don't know how I feel about her work with AI (the piece where she has AI rewrite the Bible in her style of writing is fascinating but also increasingly infuriating the more I think about it). I'll need to check out Paul Chan-- thanks for the rec!
Paul Chan is a huge fan of Chris Marker and talks about him often a lot in his interviews. in fact Paul was in correspondence with Chris until the end of Chris’ life. I love the story that Paul tells about CM contributing a drawing for Occupy protest from his deathbed. Paul wrote some really nice pieces about CM’s works as well.
I Immediately thought of Hito’s work as well as soon as I read your intro. I feel similarly about art world. (I will check out the other artists mentioned!) As the contradictions of capitalism become sharpens in the last few years I find myself enjoying contemporary art less and less as it desperately tries to make itself relevant. I say that as someone who easily overlooks flaws in art and try to take in what is enjoyable/good. I also enjoy art that is playful and comical. I thought Laurie Anderson’s earlier works about clones and her PSA videos fun and enjoyable. Another artist I enjoy is Paul Chan, his work is playful and humorous. I believe he was also an organizer before he became an artist and still tries to bring some politics in his work .
I like Laurie Anderson too! Although I often don't know how I feel about her work with AI (the piece where she has AI rewrite the Bible in her style of writing is fascinating but also increasingly infuriating the more I think about it). I'll need to check out Paul Chan-- thanks for the rec!
Paul Chan is a huge fan of Chris Marker and talks about him often a lot in his interviews. in fact Paul was in correspondence with Chris until the end of Chris’ life. I love the story that Paul tells about CM contributing a drawing for Occupy protest from his deathbed. Paul wrote some really nice pieces about CM’s works as well.