Re: Gabriel by Agnes Martin

From: malgosia askanas (email suppressed)
Date: Tue Mar 24 2009 - 15:10:52 PDT


Cari wrote:

>but your missing the incremental/specific aspects of the scenerio
>she is not foremost a filmmaker
>she is foremost a painter
>does her house building maker her a house builder?

If she builds a house just for herself, no. But I think that if she
builds a house and puts it on public display, as a house, then she is
declaring herself a housebuilder - it doesn't matter whether
"foremost" or not. And her house then gets experienced, evaluated
and critiqued as a house, as if it was built by a housebuilder.

>as in multiple - no
>does she make a better house than other house builders
>or architects - no
>can we say she is like frank loyd wright
>f' no
>but not talking about the shortcomings of frank isn't reality based

But it seems a bit silly to demand that every time someone critiques
any house, he or she must mention that Frank Lloyd Wright has
shortcomings, too. And what about Gaudi, or Loos, or Corbusier?
Doesn't one then have to mention, in the same breath, that they, too,
had shortcomings? And this is all - why? So as not to injure the
delicate feelings of the person who built the house that was being
critiqued?

-m

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