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By: The Shark

The Shark — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 09:04:00 +0000

Gerber is a political animal…..not afraid to kiss a ‘collector’ the likes of Howard Stone’s behind, in the hopes of currying position and favor…..he has in the words of one prominent curator, ‘one high school level idea’- that he has parlayed into a half ass/kiss ass career. John Henderson probably just dumped a good sum of $$$ ‘studying’ with this con job/fraud and simply hasn’t come to terms with the fact that he’s been had –

Sorry John this kind of generic, academic junk, has had its day – its over. This, is an attitude being widely accepted and discussed in an art world weary of the Gerber like mediocrities whose only real goal is careerist power and position.

By: Mark Staff Brandl

Mark Staff Brandl — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 08:16:05 +0000

Umm — And you might want to LOOK a bit and really think, rather than spout what you’ve been told. He’s a derivative, by-the-book, do-as-you’re-told, tee-hee-hee-neo-dada, consensus bore.

By: John Henderson

John Henderson — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:19:11 +0000

Um…you might want to think a bit. Gaylen’s a fucking good artist.

By: Mark Staff Brandl

Mark Staff Brandl — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 17:36:19 +0000

I must add, that indeed — Vero mundi lumen fido, Jesum Christum. You, probably not.

By: Mark Staff Brandl

Mark Staff Brandl — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 09:18:06 +0000

Oh come on — it was not at all hidden. As I said, “Silly French — silly Latin.” It was a joke — and GG is indeed a maker of grey bullshit. There I said it in English for you. I hope you can read it. Es tut mir Leid, dass du dich von anderen Sprachen bedroht fühlst. Konsensens-Arschloch. Also, maybe you should read the meaning of your stolen Latin, before you cut and paste out of Christian sources.

By: The Shark

The Shark — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 07:25:18 +0000

wow! I think L means he or she thought only consensoriat people could speak latin….

well Mark, I guess you are just not cool…..as for ‘L’ I guess we now know it is possible to argue with perfection- as exemplified by your dead-on assessment.

By: L

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:06:34 +0000

wow! before i read this blog i thought only cool people could speak latin…
latin should be used to say poignant, it doesnt have to be profound but at least it should be poignant and contextual…
not a callout saying someone is talking bull and you just dont wanna own up to it

fides mundi lumen asshole!

By: brad "not duncan" farwell

brad "not duncan" farwell — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 22:31:19 +0000

(cough!) nerds! (cough!)

I enjoyed hearing about the work, but he seemed like a fairly grumpy/reticent interviewee; getting him to talk about stuff, despite your nearly reverential positivism*, sounded like it was pulling teeth. Is it simply my recent art-school brainwashing that leads me to think that artists should be down with talking about their work?

I’m still a little confused about one thing; does he actually do any straight curating work? It seemed like there was a lot of talk about curatorial practice, which I understood in the context of his work (the choosing of artwork x or y as an element included in a piece) but I thought it was implied at some point that he also did just regular old curating (ie arranging and selecting pieces w/o any of his own). Can someone with more knowledge help me out here?

(*not the doctrine.)