Art Appreciation for Depressives

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Outline

1. Introduction
   1. Never having been a fan
   2. Other things do it better than art
   3. Art = Shame
2. Jessica Stockholder
   1. Reaction against the way art is normally written about
   2. Looking at objects as opposed to relating to them in a textual manner, viz how they've been written about before

2. The MoMA/PS1 Situation
   1. Klaus and the summer programming
   2. Alana and James Franco
   3. Everybody and James Franco
   4. Everybody and Jay-Z (esp. Marina)

3. Gals about Town
   1. Fran Lebowitz: so disappointing
   2. Dorothy Parker: yes, please. May I have another?
   3. Jean Stafford
   4. Elizabeth Hardwick
   5. Sandra Bernhard: I'm not sure that I get it...
   6. Adrian Piper

4. Other Rooms, Other Voices
   1. Trying to be alone in the city
   2. Gay spaces
   3. Coffee Shops and bars

5. Shopping
   1. How I learned to stop worrying and love the Capitalism
   2. IKEA
   3. KIOSK
   4. The idea of the gallery
   5. The big department stores
   6. Thrift shops (vs. Vintage)

6. Some Guys
   1. See list in the back of the notebook. In this section I want to talk about particular artists who mean something to me.

7. Artists and Time
   1. Kafka
   2. Jane Bowles
   3. Proust
   4. David Foster Wallace

JAY-Z:

Kalup Linzy

enjoyed Jay-Z's performance today at Pace. I ws a bit nervous early on. Finally, I gave him a high-five, went out, shook his hand, after I sat down with my friend Xaviera Simmons, the electricity went out. I was reminded of Beyonce's superbowl moment.... We sat there for five minutes. Didn't get another moment....they wanted to give other people a chance, his manager said. "You've been profiled enough." she continued. I enjoyed it, but left wanting another moment.....It was a great moment! A fun day!