{"id":2065,"date":"2010-03-05T01:44:08","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T23:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/?p=2065"},"modified":"2010-03-05T01:44:08","modified_gmt":"2010-03-04T23:44:08","slug":"life%e2%80%99s-hard-wear-a-helmet-art-world-meets-art-world-by-annette-monnier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/05\/life%e2%80%99s-hard-wear-a-helmet-art-world-meets-art-world-by-annette-monnier\/","title":{"rendered":"“Life\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Hard, Wear a Helmet” – art world meets art world by Annette Monnier"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> Annette Monnier’s new blog project seeks to let her really focus in on one show she sees every month. She recently reviewed #class, a show in New York City<\/a> meant to underscore the controversy about a bigger show by the famous Jeff Koons, also in New York City.<\/p>\n

In her review of the response show<\/a>, #class, she writes of what she’s looking for in exploring the art world:<\/p>\n

I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m a nerd. The reason I participate in the art world is to experience singular moments of great joy when in the presence of great beauty; whether that comes from an idea or the actual physical manifestation of beauty I could care less.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But that doesn’t happen much. So she goes on to say that sometimes the snarkiness she can find in art is enough to sustain her.<\/p>\n

Anyway.<\/p>\n

The review is a story of art about art and reveals in, I think, a compelling way how a young artist’s thinking about these sorts of things can evolve over time. Readers of this blog seem to appreciate art that comments on the medium itself and questioning the whole notion of where art needs to stop and the gallery or the viewer or the viewer of the viewer needs to begin. That’s why I think what Monnier has to say here is worth a read.<\/p>\n

It’s also an interesting commentary on success, what that means and who the winners and losers are when someone in the art world takes off. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Annette Monnier’s new blog project seeks to let her really focus in on one show she sees every month. She recently reviewed #class, a show in New York City meant to underscore the controversy about a bigger show by the famous Jeff Koons, also in New York City. 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