Comments on: Sincerity Is the New Radical: Bravo’s Work of Art http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/sincerity-is-the-new-radical-bravos-work-of-art/ The online magazine of the Getty Sat, 18 May 2013 06:56:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: Masked Dad http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/sincerity-is-the-new-radical-bravos-work-of-art/#comment-866 Masked Dad Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:46:08 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=1164#comment-866 Villains are cool. Radical wrestling outfit she rocks in that audition tape. Masked Dad approves. It should be the Nao show not the pencil necked geek Miles show. Villains are cool. Radical wrestling outfit she rocks in that audition tape. Masked Dad approves. It should be the Nao show not the pencil necked geek Miles show.

]]> By: Michael http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/sincerity-is-the-new-radical-bravos-work-of-art/#comment-800 Michael Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:22:35 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=1164#comment-800 What a wonderful love letter to one of your own shown artists, Nao. I imagine that you have her in your back pocket and were already in stages to show her work again. Well done Glenn Phillips for taking advantage of the press that Work of Art is getting and using it for self promotion also. Maybe this blog post could have been a better portrait of Nao entitled: Artist As Self Promoter Promoted By Promoter. Or, The Gerbil Wheel. What a wonderful love letter to one of your own shown artists, Nao. I imagine that you have her in your back pocket and were already in stages to show her work again. Well done Glenn Phillips for taking advantage of the press that Work of Art is getting and using it for self promotion also. Maybe this blog post could have been a better portrait of Nao entitled: Artist As Self Promoter Promoted By Promoter. Or, The Gerbil Wheel.

]]> By: BigLittleWolf @ DailyPlateOfCrazy http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/sincerity-is-the-new-radical-bravos-work-of-art/#comment-798 BigLittleWolf @ DailyPlateOfCrazy Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:47:10 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=1164#comment-798 One of the concerns I have about this show is that it won't reach a broader audience beyond those of us who already care about art. Anyone who watches reality tv knows there's editing, and if it takes an element of shaping the requisite personas to keep viewers hooked, as long as it doesn't demean them or their work, I'm all for it if it keeps the ratings up, and the show on the air. Oddly, I find myself wishing a bit more of the (presumably incisive) criticism was making it to the broadcast footage. But overall, I'm pleased as a viewer (and art patron), knowing this is a fine line to walk, and bringing contemporary art to the "mainstream" is no small task. One of the concerns I have about this show is that it won’t reach a broader audience beyond those of us who already care about art.

Anyone who watches reality tv knows there’s editing, and if it takes an element of shaping the requisite personas to keep viewers hooked, as long as it doesn’t demean them or their work, I’m all for it if it keeps the ratings up, and the show on the air.

Oddly, I find myself wishing a bit more of the (presumably incisive) criticism was making it to the broadcast footage. But overall, I’m pleased as a viewer (and art patron), knowing this is a fine line to walk, and bringing contemporary art to the “mainstream” is no small task.

]]> By: ultramaricon http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/sincerity-is-the-new-radical-bravos-work-of-art/#comment-794 ultramaricon Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:55:43 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=1164#comment-794 I love your reflections, they really do justice to the question of whether Nao is villain or "villain." Regarding the genre of her audition tape, I was thinking it was just sketch humor, in the style of recent weirdos on Comedy Central and Adult Swim or even YouTube--a mainstream send-up of her sick and sweet sense of humor. I love your reflections, they really do justice to the question of whether Nao is villain or “villain.” Regarding the genre of her audition tape, I was thinking it was just sketch humor, in the style of recent weirdos on Comedy Central and Adult Swim or even YouTube–a mainstream send-up of her sick and sweet sense of humor.

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