tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098890209859776187.post1041804799505658394..comments2023-09-23T09:56:19.633-05:00Comments on art on my mind: Calgon, Take Me AwayMolly Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10392208109844747190noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098890209859776187.post-5634186232547483052007-11-06T13:52:00.000-05:002007-11-06T13:52:00.000-05:00Thanks for chiming in, Mike. I'll be interested t...Thanks for chiming in, Mike. I'll be interested to hear what you think if you see the video.Molly Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10392208109844747190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098890209859776187.post-50175317791242581562007-11-06T10:21:00.000-05:002007-11-06T10:21:00.000-05:00Wow. I'll reserve my judgement of McQuilkin's pie...Wow. I'll reserve my judgement of McQuilkin's piece until after I see it for myself, but I have a comment for "anonymous."<BR/><BR/>I don't see anywhere in Molly's criticism the idea that a young artist shouldn't be able to "touch certain subject matters." Rather Molly seems to have simply judged the piece to be ineffective and misquided. Despite this (and rightly so), she made no call for McQuilkin to stop making art.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, you actually call for Molly to "stop writing about art," which I find to be quite hypocritical given the context.<BR/><BR/>And the idea that Molly single-handedly set feminism back decades with her post is just plain laughable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098890209859776187.post-7023148458390703502007-11-05T15:11:00.000-05:002007-11-05T15:11:00.000-05:00Anonymous. How bold you are to hide your name.Hav...Anonymous. How bold you are to hide your name.<BR/><BR/>Have you seen the piece? Tell me, where do you see the honesty in her work? Where do you see the struggle? <BR/><BR/>And since when is criticizing a woman's work synonymous with being anti-feminist? If you are a woman, aren't we smarter than that?Molly Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10392208109844747190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098890209859776187.post-44991713302967248552007-11-04T21:12:00.000-05:002007-11-04T21:12:00.000-05:00You're read of Alex McQuilkin's Joan of Arc is as ...You're read of Alex McQuilkin's Joan of Arc is as a shallow & narrow-minded as you report her work to be. You missed the point completely with your reference to teen angst & do the work a disservice by going for the easy, "privileged white woman" judgement. Not to mention the decades you set the feminist movement back with such words. The work is about so much more than the surface treatment you give it. She speaks to struggle with self, struggle with belief, and the human condition with honesty. If you are so bold as to say that a young american artist cannot touch certain subject matters becuase of your view of their successes, then you limit all art & the possibilities of cross-cultural interpretations. I'm disgusted with your bold ignorance. You should stop writing about art becuase you apparently have no concept of what it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098890209859776187.post-52130984242929944882007-11-04T21:10:00.000-05:002007-11-04T21:10:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11345409102824960761noreply@blogger.com