Here Not There: San Diego Art Now
18 Jul 2010 by Richard Gleaves, 7 Comments »
| Show | Here Not There: San Diego Art Now, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego | |
|---|---|---|
| Artists in show | David Adey, Agitprop, Adam Belt, Susannah Bielak, Brian Black and Ryan Bulis, Kelsey Brookes, Sheldon Brown, Micha Cardenas and Elle Mehrmand, Brian Dick, Tom Driscoll, Kelly Eginton, Electronic Disturbance Theater/b.a.n.g. lab, James Enos, Steve Gibson, Brian Goeltzenleuchter, Matthew Hebert, John Brinton Hogan, Jeff Irwin, Glenna Jennings, Wendell Kling, John Oliver Lewis, Lev Manovich and William Huber, Heather Gwen Martin, May-Ling Martinez, Jessica McCambly, Gretchen Mercedes, Patricia Montoya, Ingram Ober, Christopher Puzio, Andy Ralph, Marisol Rendon, Allison Renshaw, Jason Sherry and Matt Hoyt, Tristan Shone, Border Corps (Armando de la Torre, Anthony Vasquez, Endy, Perry Vasquez, and Shondra Dawson), Stephen Tompkins, Michael Trigilio, Robert Twomey, Zlatan Vukosavljevic, Vicki Walsh, Allison Wiese | |
| Reviewer | Robert Pincus | Leah Ollman |
| Publication | San Diego Union-Tribune | Los Angeles Times |
| Review | 13 June 2010 | 15 July 2010 |
| Word count | 1251 | 867 |
| Artists named in review | David Adey, Adam Belt, Brian Dick, Tom Driscoll, James Enos, Matt Hoyt, Jeff Irwin, Wendell Kling, John Oliver Lewis, Heather Gwen Martin, May-Ling Martinez, Andy Ralph, Marisol Rendon, Jason Sherry, Vicki Walsh, Alison Wiese | Border Corps, Sheldon Brown, Tom Driscoll, Jeff Irwin, Wendell Kling, John Oliver Lewis, Jessica McCambly, Marisol Rendon |
| Artists noted as not being in show | Stephen Curry, John Dillemuth, Alexia Markarian, Chris Reilly | Eleanor Antin, Robert Irwin, Jean Lowe, Kim MacConnel, Richard Allen Morris, Patricia Patterson |
| Highlighted artist | Jason Sherry and Matt Hoyt (163 words, or 13% of total review) | Wendell Kling (153 words, or 18% of total review) |
| Cultural referents | anime, fantasy, sci-fi, surrealism, Kenneth Price, Dr. Seuss | border art, John Cage, Tony Cragg, Harry Partch, Peter Shelton |
| Critical keywords | underrecognized; sprawling; delightful; seductive; boisterous; eclectic; loopy; inspired play; great fun; winningly wry; beautifully calibrated; madcap; cynical; socially critical; dadaesque; disturbing; intimate; harsh; grotesque; remarkable; disturbing | juicy; desperately dry; cleverness; familiar; homogeneous; earnest; uneven; inventive; wonderfully wild; self-indulgence; thin; derivative; unevolved; intriguing; mesmerizing; gorgeous; charmer; resonant; homespun; wonder |
Tags: here not there, leah ollman, MCASD, robert pincus
I enjoyed the two column comparison of the reviews, particularly the lists of words and phrases.
Likewise. It’s not easy to say something without saying anything at all.
LOL
“Not Here, Not There, But Somewhere” should be the title for this show, and it is not too late for a correction.
Wassily Kandinsky invented this phrase many years ago.
As to the exhibition itself, it is simply cooooo-L.
From the looks of this post /review/assessment, Drew, they should just give you that PhD already:)
I agree with your point Joseph, except that its Mr. Gleaves who merits the title.
I think the next step is a graph or a pie chart or maybe even to transform it into a lonely hearts column.