Ray Aldridge on sun 26 sep 99
At 03:13 PM 9/25/99 EDT, you wrote:
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>You know, I have to agree with the term "masturbatory," but I do think there
>is quite a bit of humor on the pages of CM. We have 8-10 years of CM in our
>studio, and you can see the evolution to complex, surface-oriented work. I
>do believe that a significant part of that outlandish, garish stuff is
>humorous take-offs and making fun of other outlandish stuff. There's a
>perverse pleasure in charicature and mockery. I know I certainly have
>indulged in that game- and yes, it is masturbatory, but, well, it's fun. I
>did like it, though, when the clay was less the medium and more the
>message.
Oh no! It's probably all my fault. I wrote a Comment for CM (October 90)
in which I made vicious fun of several ideas I considered esthetic
claptrap. I mocked flat pitchers, artist's statements, the
functional/nonfunctional debate, the importance of creative ideas, and a
whole herd of other sacred cows.
One thing I said was: "On the whole, however, I believe that Form is
unfairly deified, and that Surface is an unfairly cast-down angel."
Hey, I ought to stick that essay up on my website. I don't have enough
enemies yet.
Ray
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