Quote of the Day: Steve Martin
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| Martin Mull, Endgame, 2014. Private collection |
"If a comedian says he is also a painter, run. Except this one."
—Steve Martin on Martin Mull
Martin and Ann Philbin are co-curating an exhibition of Mull's paintings for the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
Comments
> one.
If Endgame is done all by hand, Mull is technically damn good. But if those are actually photo images silk-screened onto a canvas, not as much. Then it gets closer to Dataland territory.
As for creative skill, Mull's one work does make me pause. A variation of when I see pre-Raphalite art. A reaction that will be tested a lot at the Lucas Museum.
"...Failure for Art Lovers but a Hit for LA":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH2ZiFrAEJo&t=261s
"But I feel a little like I'm in a parking garage."
@prototropo, Youtube:
The curation is lousy—like for example, the Francis Bacon placement!?!? And in the background of the Rodin sculptures? A roaring highway! So very LA, depressingly.
@TobyNomad, Youtube:
I hear you. It’s not a roaring highway though, Wilshire isn’t that bad but I get you. [End quote]
Michael Govan, meet Richard Brown, Richard Brown, meet Michael Govan.
Or meet: Kenneth Donahue, Earl Powell, perhaps Andrea Rich too.
Certain major-league art museum are analogous to the San Diego Zoo while LACMA is more like the LA Zoo.
Since 1965.
And just because people sip smoothies at Erehwon, restore mid-century houses in LA and hang out with a lot of art-world hipsters doesn't mean they don't have the heart of a rube. Oh well.
Again, since 1965.