The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “You may have noticed that things in the art world are a little, well, off these days.
“The artists we hear most about are those like vomit girl, also known as Millie Brown, who drinks colored milk and then makes herself throw up on the canvas. Or Jeff Koons, who gets millions for intentionally-banal objects, such as a porcelain statue of singer Michael Jackson cuddling his beloved chimp Bubbles. And there’s the famous Portrait of the Artist as a Young Boy Buggering a Goat. Actually, that’s my made-up name for Paul McCarthy’s very serious Cultural Gothic, which does, in fact, show a young boy buggering a goat while receiving dad’s paternal blessing.
“The artists who are nominated for the big prizes are …” [Read more here.]
Last week’s column: The Revival of Nazism in Europe — It’s Not Just Racism.
Hi Stephen,
Good job on your latest article. I couldn’t have said it better. I really like your articles. How are they being received?
A quietly devastating dissection of modern trends.
Thanks, Scherie. I will know better on the numbers when the publisher sends me an end-of-year report.