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NotChoinski
05/27/09

In reply to Split Decisions
Okay, now deep, rapid breaths . . . . one, two, three PUUUUUSH! . . . . one, two, three PUUUUUSH! . . . . You're doing fine! Keep Breathing! . . . . one, two, three PUUUUUSH! . . . . PUUUUUSH! . . . . There ya go. Its an Artist! Oh, such a pretty one too! Awwwww.
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unmoldednicole
05/27/09

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She has Very interesting work.

Also, I know we all recognized Kate Winslet's Target dress yesterday. Well, I have the dress Tracey is wearing. It's from Ann Taylor.
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BAngieB
05/27/09

@unmoldednicole: NONONONONONO.
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Diziet_Sma
05/27/09

In reply to Split Decisions
I went through a phase of finding her self-obsession extremely annoying.

Then I went to see her work - it was her entry for the Turner Prize a few years ago. And I finally GOT IT. As Pocahaunted said above, it made me cry. I think making an emotional connection is the ultimate measure of success for any Art form.
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BAngieB
05/27/09

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Not shown, a drawing of Bristol Palin in her cap and gown, holding her son, and entitled "Those Who Suffer Sex."
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debbyherbenick
05/27/09

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I would love to see more of the exhibit...
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BAngieB
05/27/09

@debbyherbenick: .....
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poires et poireaux
05/27/09

In reply to Split Decisions
Tracey Emin is intense, y'all. Talk about oversharing, although I do love her for it. My therapist (yup) told me that even though much of her art is really in-your-face and profane, she normally comes across as very soft-spoken and articulate.

I'd recommend her book "Strangeland" if you don't mind stories of vulnerable and depressed artists.
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BillyPilgrimisnotmylover
05/27/09

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"Follow. But. Follow only if ye be men of valor, for the entrance to this cave is guarded by a creature so foul, so cruel that no man yet has fought with it and lived. Bones of full fifty men lie strewn about its lair. So, brave knights, if you do doubt your courage or your strength, come no further, for death awaits you all with nasty, big, pointy teeth."
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CurtCole
05/27/09

In reply to Split Decisions
That reminds me, I need to return my library books.
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mbprice
05/27/09

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Anyone have much opinion on the Stuckism movement? I'm of two minds...
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Pocahaunted
05/27/09

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The first time art made me cry was at a Tracy Emin exhibition. I will always love her for that, despite the immature backlash against her work in the British media.
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unluckyone
05/27/09

@Pocahaunted: she is pretty raw, isn't she?
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poires et poireaux
05/27/09

@Pocahaunted: I wonder if there would have been the same backlash had she been a male artist? Like it's frowned upon for a woman to get to personal in her work...
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Pocahaunted
05/27/09

@unluckyone: Definitely! Her work hits me in a place that rarely any art or music gets to. This sounds cliche, but her work on sex and womanhood really affects me in quite a visceral way.
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Diziet_Sma
05/27/09

@Pocahaunted: Yes. Me, too. It was the Turner Prize exhibit; a collage of documents/letters/things to do with her uncle, who had died in a car crash. It was the crumpled fag-packet that she'd retrieved from the dashboard that got me.
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Plum-Pie
05/27/09

@poires et poireaux: My perception of most art by women is that it's dismissed as personal and therefore trivial, rather than not permitted to be personal.
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poires et poireaux
05/27/09

@Plum-Pie: THIS. It's frustrating as a female artist who touches on "personal" aspects and has a definite feminine style. Some of my insecurities about art are based on the knowledge that vulnerability and personal insight aren't valued as much as staid intellectualism, i.e. the patriarchy strikes again!
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save jinger
05/27/09

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You're facing the wrong way, love.
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andBegorrah
05/27/09

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You should always have a reminder of where you came from in the back of your mind.
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jigglyball
05/27/09

@andBegorrah: Ha, perfect! COTD!
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mepo - Robert Cornhole invented it
05/27/09

@andBegorrah: Epic win!
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mbprice
05/27/09

In reply to Split Decisions
Birth of an artist.
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hippichx sez PEACE PLEASE
05/27/09

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she looks so ominous standing in the place of what i can imagine is the drawings vagina?
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poires et poireaux
05/13/09

In reply to R.I.P. Honoré Sharrer
Oh my lord, thank you for showing me Resurrection of the Waitress, really really really. I almost feel like I've found my artistic soul mate. What a talent!
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