April 1, 2003
A RANT... THAT'S ART?
A co-worker recently took the time to tell me about the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art (iMOCA), a not-for-profit organization aimed at engaging the public to raise awareness about all forms of contemporary art and creative expression. In promoting iMOCA's inaugural exhibition (April 25-26 at the Stutz Business Center here in Indianapolis), the organization's own literature states:
"iMOCA's inaugural exhibition brings together the creative talents of Greg Hull and Jeffrey Martin for a unique installation event. Greg Hull is the innovative artist who brought the world the first interactive neon sculpture
via the Internet through an installation at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
Jeffrey Martin is an artist, owner of J. Martin Gallery and two-time Grand
Prize winner of the Indianapolis Masterpiece in a Day Contest."
In case you didn't catch that, because apparently to some it's worth noting... "Greg Hull is the innovative artist who brought the world the first interactive neon sculpture via the Internet through an installation at the Indianapolis Museum of Art."
Now, I'm all for everyone being entitled to their own opinion and take on things, but this claim... no, the mere notion that this feat of Greg Hull's is so noteworthy that it's deserving of promotion, is laughable to me. And what's even worse is that people actually buy into this stuff and choose to talk about it as if it's groundbreaking and imaginatively authentic. For some reason or another, stuff like this always tends to rub me the wrong way.
Posted by Mikal at April 1, 2003 10:42 PM
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