I'm gonna say "crap". Surrealism as blogging.

i would like to see the exhibit at the walker in minneapolis.

I went to an exhibition of her works in the Tate Modern a couple of years back and was not impressed. I thought the paintings were ugly (no bad thing in itself), found the mysticism trite, and thought the symbolism that I picked up on was unenlightening.

I have a nagging feeling that I may have missed the point though; I certainly spent more time than I usually do scanning the accompanying notes to see if I had. Sadly, if I had missed the point, I suspect that the programme note writers had as well.

Crap.

It's kinda interesting to see the innards of someone so conflicted about morality. Many times when I see her paintings I see the strong desire to be matronly and equal contempt for humanity. I feel like she was both left wanting and satiated with her life. I get the feeling that she was unnecessarily complex day to day.

Well, regardless of what I think, at the very least she's got me wondering about who she is when I look at her work. That's enough for a NC vote from me.

ubercat wrote:It's kinda interesting to see the innards of someone so conflicted about morality. Many times when I see her paintings I see the strong desire to be matronly and equal contempt for humanity. I feel like she was both left wanting and satiated with her life. I get the feeling that she was unnecessarily complex day to day.

Well, regardless of what I think, at the very least she's got me wondering about who she is when I look at her work. That's enough for a NC vote from me.

Well said! Not crap.