Comments on: Gyun Hur at Get This! Gallery http://www.burnaway.org/2010/02/gyun-hur-at-get-this-gallery/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:26:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: eggtooth http://www.burnaway.org/2010/02/gyun-hur-at-get-this-gallery/comment-page-1/#comment-3041 eggtooth Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:08:50 +0000 http://burnaway.org/?p=10949#comment-3041 yr all wrong. if you want to compartmentalize everything-as this blog does in its proper art writing format-its limited willingness to flex (show the flux of it all,if u will) the vantages the net can offer of blurring edges of how walled gallery art can be experienced/challenged (or reported on)..to feedback, connected and continuously connecting to the experience,not observing from the outside...as a community together sharing and trying as hard as we can to measure against realities of Now.this is a creative medium connected to the art.challenging where art as work can begin and end.. just as im sure yr gonna have somebody gush over bloom cuz it was funded by a cat with loads of green and thats important to be nice to-even if the thing itself is just plain bad...even as flux tries to move outside the gallery walls-expand the experience of art.it has it wrong. in the same way this blog has it right and wrong at the same time. as wrong as developers have it with trying to build " beltline workforce housing"- to compensate for the gentrification and plasticizing of the entire city - and we all gush with salivating stiffies to put happy public art in it...cuz its the right thing to do the wrong way...whatever. - as "artist" expectation of art is stiff,proper and correctly academic. and confined- gyun's explanation is useless, and overly sentimental ("..midst of this ephemeral wedding blanket"?? cute.whatever.) and yes, her use of words are after the fact-i thought the exhibit as a thing unto itself was an easy success with not much new observed in any new way..it was fun eye candy and nothing more. served as an accidental colorful spectacle companion experience to jiha next door.was fun. this talk of audience changing vantages cld be applicable if the petals ran out the door and up the street and across the screen now as you read this-filmed live on the web for us to continue to observe... yr all wrong.
if you want to compartmentalize everything-as this blog does in its proper art writing format-its limited willingness to flex (show the flux of it all,if u will) the vantages the net can offer of blurring edges of how walled gallery art can be experienced/challenged (or reported on)..to feedback, connected and continuously connecting to the experience,not observing from the outside…as a community together sharing and trying as hard as we can to measure against realities of Now.this is a creative medium connected to the art.challenging where art as work can begin and end..

just as im sure yr gonna have somebody gush over bloom cuz it was funded by a cat with loads of green and thats important to be nice to-even if the thing itself is just plain bad…even as flux tries to move outside the gallery walls-expand the experience of art.it has it wrong. in the same way this blog has it right and wrong at the same time.
as wrong as developers have it with trying to build ” beltline workforce housing”- to compensate for the gentrification and plasticizing of the entire city – and we all gush with salivating stiffies to put happy public art in it…cuz its the right thing to do the wrong way…whatever.

- as “artist” expectation of art is stiff,proper and correctly academic. and confined-

gyun’s explanation is useless, and overly sentimental (“..midst of this ephemeral wedding blanket”?? cute.whatever.) and yes, her use of words are after the fact-i thought the exhibit as a thing unto itself was an easy success with not much new observed in any new way..it was fun eye candy and nothing more. served as an accidental colorful spectacle companion experience to jiha next door.was fun. this talk of audience changing vantages cld be applicable if the petals ran out the door and up the street and across the screen now as you read this-filmed live on the web for us to continue to observe…

]]> By: artist http://www.burnaway.org/2010/02/gyun-hur-at-get-this-gallery/comment-page-1/#comment-3040 artist Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:49:44 +0000 http://burnaway.org/?p=10949#comment-3040 “I’m interested to hear why you feel this way? Is a review supposed to be the final word, or can it be the beginning point for more thought? (I’m honestly curious; this is something that’s been bugging me for about a month.)” I agree with you. A review is an opportunity to create a dialog about a work of art. But I feel that if an artist has to respond back and explain their work (after the fact), then the dialog created amongst your readers is limited to what the artist wants you to interpret and discuss about their work. “One of our missions in founding this journal was to celebrate a plurality of opinions. This principle includes the opinions expressed by our readers, including yourself and Gyun, when expressed with respect.” I believe Gyun work is heartfelt and packed with sentimental value. I did not intend to disrespect her. Criticism is a place for growth. “I’m interested to hear why you feel this way? Is a review supposed to be the final word, or can it be the beginning point for more thought? (I’m honestly curious; this is something that’s been bugging me for about a month.)”

I agree with you. A review is an opportunity to create a dialog about a work of art. But I feel that if an artist has to respond back and explain their work (after the fact), then the dialog created amongst your readers is limited to what the artist wants you to interpret and discuss about their work.

“One of our missions in founding this journal was to celebrate a plurality of opinions. This principle includes the opinions expressed by our readers, including yourself and Gyun, when expressed with respect.”

I believe Gyun work is heartfelt and packed with sentimental value. I did not intend to disrespect her. Criticism is a place for growth.

]]> By: Jeremy Abernathy http://www.burnaway.org/2010/02/gyun-hur-at-get-this-gallery/comment-page-1/#comment-3039 Jeremy Abernathy Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:06:50 +0000 http://burnaway.org/?p=10949#comment-3039 Gyun: Thank you for your response. I thought it was respectful and articulate. We appreciate the invitation to your talk. Good luck! To the anonymous artist: "If the reviewer wanted a response from the artist they would have conducted an interview." I'm interested to hear why you feel this way? Is a review supposed to be the final word, or can it be the beginning point for more thought? (I'm honestly curious; this is something that's been bugging me for about a month.) "Reviews are not always full of praise." Absolutely. I stand behind Charles' review. One of our missions in founding this journal was to celebrate a plurality of opinions. This principle includes the opinions expressed by our readers, including yourself and Gyun, when expressed with respect. (And it doesn't preclude the possibility that some of our writers may disagree with each other (as was with the case with Susannah). That's what makes art so fascinating. Right? Love. Always. In. Gyun: Thank you for your response. I thought it was respectful and articulate. We appreciate the invitation to your talk. Good luck!

To the anonymous artist:

“If the reviewer wanted a response from the artist they would have conducted an interview.”

I’m interested to hear why you feel this way? Is a review supposed to be the final word, or can it be the beginning point for more thought? (I’m honestly curious; this is something that’s been bugging me for about a month.)

“Reviews are not always full of praise.”

Absolutely. I stand behind Charles’ review.
One of our missions in founding this journal was to celebrate a plurality of opinions. This principle includes the opinions expressed by our readers, including yourself and Gyun, when expressed with respect.

(And it doesn’t preclude the possibility that some of our writers may disagree with each other (as was with the case with Susannah).

That’s what makes art so fascinating.

Right?

Love. Always.

In.

]]> By: artist http://www.burnaway.org/2010/02/gyun-hur-at-get-this-gallery/comment-page-1/#comment-3038 artist Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:33:24 +0000 http://burnaway.org/?p=10949#comment-3038 I find it strange when an artist blogs back a response to a review about their work. Art reviews are public critiques of ones work. If the reviewer wanted a response from the artist they would have conducted an interview. Reviews are not always full of praise so accept the criticism and do better work next time. I find it strange when an artist blogs back a response to a review about their work. Art reviews are public critiques of ones work. If the reviewer wanted a response from the artist they would have conducted an interview.

Reviews are not always full of praise so accept the criticism and do better work next time.

]]> By: Gyun http://www.burnaway.org/2010/02/gyun-hur-at-get-this-gallery/comment-page-1/#comment-3037 Gyun Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:39:55 +0000 http://burnaway.org/?p=10949#comment-3037 Thank you for the review. As Susannah mentioned, this almost 'forced introspection' was something that the show was persuading the audience to experience. As the gallery wall was architecturally altered for the bird's eye view, the audience then encounters another way of seeing, another perspective, not necessarily a new image. A cautious tension and an alteration of physical movement of the audience create another moving installation in the midst of this ephemeral wedding blanket. It would be great to meet you at the artist talk on Feb. 20th, so that we can talk more about the work and its references. - Gyun Thank you for the review. As Susannah mentioned, this almost ‘forced introspection’ was something that the show was persuading the audience to experience. As the gallery wall was architecturally altered for the bird’s eye view, the audience then encounters another way of seeing, another perspective, not necessarily a new image. A cautious tension and an alteration of physical movement of the audience create another moving installation in the midst of this ephemeral wedding blanket.

It would be great to meet you at the artist talk on Feb. 20th, so that we can talk more about the work and its references.

- Gyun

]]> By: Susannah http://www.burnaway.org/2010/02/gyun-hur-at-get-this-gallery/comment-page-1/#comment-3036 Susannah Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:41:21 +0000 http://burnaway.org/?p=10949#comment-3036 I absolutely agree with Emily. I think that when you observe the work from the ground, the focus (for me at least) was in the details: the meticulous lines of color, looking at the texture of the flower "rug"... When I saw the work from the bird's eye view I was able to see the piece in it's entirety. Additionally, the shelf of colors also became a larger part of the final piece. It was interesting to me how separate the two appeared on the ground, but from above combined so seamlessly. What I liked so much about the work was the number of visual experiences I was able to have as a viewer. I absolutely agree with Emily. I think that when you observe the work from the ground, the focus (for me at least) was in the details: the meticulous lines of color, looking at the texture of the flower “rug”… When I saw the work from the bird’s eye view I was able to see the piece in it’s entirety. Additionally, the shelf of colors also became a larger part of the final piece. It was interesting to me how separate the two appeared on the ground, but from above combined so seamlessly. What I liked so much about the work was the number of visual experiences I was able to have as a viewer.

]]> By: Emily Amy http://www.burnaway.org/2010/02/gyun-hur-at-get-this-gallery/comment-page-1/#comment-3035 Emily Amy Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:39:01 +0000 http://burnaway.org/?p=10949#comment-3035 I agree with Susannah. Additionally, I believe the bird's eye view of the installation was essential. I would liken it to seeing Robert Smithson's work from the ground vs. the air. In my opinion, it completed my viewing experience and altered my understanding of the work. I agree with Susannah. Additionally, I believe the bird’s eye view of the installation was essential. I would liken it to seeing Robert Smithson’s work from the ground vs. the air. In my opinion, it completed my viewing experience and altered my understanding of the work.

]]> By: Susannah Darrow http://www.burnaway.org/2010/02/gyun-hur-at-get-this-gallery/comment-page-1/#comment-3034 Susannah Darrow Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:09:10 +0000 http://burnaway.org/?p=10949#comment-3034 I loved this exhibit and thought that it actually succeeded quite well. It was extremely meditative to observe both the finished product as well as the video of her shredding all of the flowers to create the final piece, and I think in many ways, that forced introspection is the point. I loved this exhibit and thought that it actually succeeded quite well. It was extremely meditative to observe both the finished product as well as the video of her shredding all of the flowers to create the final piece, and I think in many ways, that forced introspection is the point.

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