tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265813806993497215.post9094272050762811796..comments2024-01-29T00:22:36.258-08:00Comments on e y e C O N T A C T: Understated restraint to histrionic excessJohn Hurrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07411877334096071312noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265813806993497215.post-68751720850106725122009-09-23T18:17:19.973-07:002009-09-23T18:17:19.973-07:00Er I don't get your drift. I'm not decryin...Er I don't get your drift. I'm not decrying popularity.John Hurrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07411877334096071312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265813806993497215.post-51207643622226528602009-09-23T17:31:14.742-07:002009-09-23T17:31:14.742-07:00Perhaps you criticise popular because it is X-File...Perhaps you criticise popular because it is X-Files?artfromspacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641175844723908039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265813806993497215.post-91495084009189743142009-09-23T04:24:18.863-07:002009-09-23T04:24:18.863-07:00Ha ha.Ha ha.David Cauchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18128116971441583803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265813806993497215.post-92115566256011319952009-09-23T01:49:48.414-07:002009-09-23T01:49:48.414-07:00Not at all. Do I criticise X-Files because it is p...Not at all. Do I criticise X-Files because it is popular? Nope.John Hurrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07411877334096071312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265813806993497215.post-70920554709277591812009-09-23T01:44:28.490-07:002009-09-23T01:44:28.490-07:001. "unabashedly corny – pitched to viewers of...1. "unabashedly corny – pitched to viewers of X-Files who long to shudder and twitch."<br /><br />2. "I'm not against popularity in the slightest"<br /><br />3. Hoist by your own petard.Cheryl Bernsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05831267597649352995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265813806993497215.post-68608864087970282712009-09-23T01:38:35.214-07:002009-09-23T01:38:35.214-07:00Ah but Cheryl, you do know better - and you have a...Ah but Cheryl, you do know better - and you have a wicked imagination. I'm not against popularity in the slightest, and agree with a., b., but not c.. I think I discuss qualities in the work quite thoroughly.John Hurrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07411877334096071312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265813806993497215.post-82465509782398732222009-09-22T18:18:00.575-07:002009-09-22T18:18:00.575-07:00"a popular and much loved narrative /surreali..."a popular and much loved narrative /surrealist painter who reaches a large audience often befuddled by the intellectual complexities of other varieties of contemporary art."<br /><br />If I didn't know better, John, I'd assume you were criticising the artist for having the "wrong kind of people" appreciate her work. Which would be <br /><br />a. an outrageous piece of snobbery;<br />b. if true, hardly the fault of any artist;<br />c. not at all an accurate description of the audience for this artist in my experience.<br /><br />Just saying.Cheryl Bernsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05831267597649352995noreply@blogger.com