joy garnett
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BIO
Joy Garnett is a painter based in New York. She appropriates news images from the Internet and re-invents them as paintings. Her subject is the apocalyptic-sublime landscape, as well as the digital image itself as cultural artifact in an increasingly technologized world. Her image research has resulted in online documentation projects, most notably The Bomb Project.

Notable past exhibitions include her recent solo shows at Winkleman Gallery, New York and at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC; group exhibitions organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, P.S.1/MoMA Contemporary Art Center, Artists Space, White Columns (New York), Kettle's Yard, Cambridge (UK), and De Witte Zaal, Ghent (Belgium). She shows with aeroplastics contemporary, Brussels, Belgium.

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First Pulse Projects
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Re: the Jacir situation


okay, some info from an insider who must remain unnamed (a bit of intrigue
for your morning coffee!):

-------begin forwarded message--------

>snip!<

that [...] it's the university not the
museum's problem should be made known.

basically it's ALL about the school. david butler totally gets it, and is
advocating inside [...] he's very supportive and rational --
basically the pressure should go on the university who are a bunch of
IDIOTS who have their fingers in their asses.

the media has started to descend, FYI.

-------end-------

DISCUSSION

Dear Mr. Butler


Dear Mr. Butler,

I edit an art weblog that is helping to distribute a call for assistance
on behalf of the artist Emily Jacir. I am sure that by now your Inbox is
full and your Voicemail floweth over. Miss Jacir, as I am sure you are
aware, has wide support among her peers and colleagues in the art world
and professional arts community; the support on her behalf continues to
grow. Your sensitivity and forthrightness in the matter will be
appreciated by one and all. I am confident that you will not allow a
politically partisan group to mar this show with their inappropriate
paraphernalia. This artist should enjoy the same respect that your
institution would accord any artist, regardless of their background or
orientation.

Respectfully yours,
Joy Garnett
NEWSgrist - where spin is art
http://newsgrist.typepad.com

PS: This letter, like the blog post mentioned, is being distributed widely
through an online forum and RSS feeds.

DISCUSSION

Re: Fwd: [undercurrents] Fwd: Arts Intolerance: Emily Jacir/Ulrich Museum Wichita (fwd)


the crazy thing is that Emily's show is not polemical (did anyone here
see it when it was at Debs in 2003?); otoh I just checked out
the website for the Jewish Federation of Kansas which is wildly
right-wing, pro-Bush. so it is perhaps more of a political pressure on the
museum than a "religious" one, if that distinction can still be made...

On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, t.whid wrote:

> This is just so far beyond bizarre it's not even funny.
>
> If they want to keep balance they should schedule a show of art that seems to
> be at odds with the themes of this show... why wouldn't that work?
>
> fight art with art - that's what I always say!
>
> beyond that, if the admins refuse to remove this BS the artist has no choice
> but to cancel the show.
>
>
> On Dec 14, 2004, at 2:54 PM, Joy Garnett wrote:
>
>> My *first* reaction was actually: *There are JEWS in Wichita?!* Okay, wow.
>>
>> So I guess being Palestinian is even worse than being a jew in Wichita.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, t.whid wrote:
>>
>>> THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS!!!
>>>
>>> I'm going to force a museum to allow my aesthetic opinion to be equally
>>> balanced the next time I see something I don't like in a gallery or
>>> museum.
>>>
>>> BLUE! I HATE BLUE! I demand space in the gallery for my opinion to be
>>> heard!
>>>
>>> It's absolutely ridiculous. The admins of this so-called art institution
>>> should be ashamed of themselves.
>>>
>>> On Dec 14, 2004, at 1:00 PM, Plasma Studii wrote:
>>>
>>>> while this would be outrageous in new york, this is in wichita. ever
>>>> been there? it's actually not totally freaky proudly conservative,
>>>> and anti-everybody else like much of texas, but about like nj. not as
>>>> glamorous, but not despondent. i grew up near there.
>>>> anyway, seems like nobody HAS to send their work to the mid-west, we
>>>> choose to (or we choose agents who choose to, etc) but the view of
>>>> what is decent policy for art will be different there. what we see as
>>>> a shocking breach, they wouldn't think twice about. this issue is
>>>> probably somewhere in between.
>>>> here, art museums can give more "rights" to the artists and their work
>>>> and say "sorry" to investors. not on all occasions, but often. it's
>>>> seen as integrity. there, they just don't do that. investors come
>>>> first, and artists are way down the list of concerns. "artistic
>>>> integrity" (as we define it) might get a laugh. no doubt, this museum
>>>> was afraid of pissing off investors.
>>>> but more importantly, it's a cultural difference. here (and i don't
>>>> mean just ny, but metropolises where art is gets taken more
>>>> seriously), there isn't nearly as much compromise as acceptance. you
>>>> don't see hamburgers on a menu in an indian restaurant. there, people
>>>> tend to try to accommodate everyone with compromises. something for
>>>> everyone.
>>>> and that's exactly what this sounds like. folks angry about only
>>>> seeing one side of an issue are appeased by seeing 2. i don't agree
>>>> and probably no one on this list does either. but we'd be members of
>>>> a minority mind-set there. we have an unspoken "respect" for art,
>>>> that just isn't universal.
>>>> we can choose to send works into that disrespectful zone, the
>>>> mid-west, where they don't follow our rules. we can shrug and accept
>>>> their reactions or just not send any there. we could also complain
>>>> that they don't speak english enough in bangladesh.
>>>> judsoN
>>>> --
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DISCUSSION

Re: Fwd: [undercurrents] Fwd: Arts Intolerance: Emily Jacir/Ulrich Museum Wichita (fwd)


Our rules" means the constitution; it's not about consensus,
it's about whether or not THE rules are honored--enforced--or not. One
country, one constitution, right?

And so the ugly issues of separation of church and state and first
amendment rights get all twisted and turned together here.

On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, Plasma Studii - [iso-8859-1] uospn

DISCUSSION

Re: Fwd: [undercurrents] Fwd: Arts Intolerance: Emily Jacir/Ulrich Museum Wichita (fwd)


sorry, that's like saying: it's okay in the mid-west that they don't
respect the First Amendment since they are religios and cannibals out
there -- I mean, "our rules"? really now. I suppose the KKK didn't really
follow "our rules" either.

On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, Plasma Studii wrote:

> while this would be outrageous in new york, this is in wichita. ever been
> there? it's actually not totally freaky proudly conservative, and
> anti-everybody else like much of texas, but about like nj. not as glamorous,
> but not despondent. i grew up near there.
>
>
> anyway, seems like nobody HAS to send their work to the mid-west, we choose
> to (or we choose agents who choose to, etc) but the view of what is decent
> policy for art will be different there. what we see as a shocking breach,
> they wouldn't think twice about. this issue is probably somewhere in
> between.
>
> here, art museums can give more "rights" to the artists and their work and
> say "sorry" to investors. not on all occasions, but often. it's seen as
> integrity. there, they just don't do that. investors come first, and
> artists are way down the list of concerns. "artistic integrity" (as we
> define it) might get a laugh. no doubt, this museum was afraid of pissing
> off investors.
>
>
> but more importantly, it's a cultural difference. here (and i don't mean
> just ny, but metropolises where art is gets taken more seriously), there
> isn't nearly as much compromise as acceptance. you don't see hamburgers on a
> menu in an indian restaurant. there, people tend to try to accommodate
> everyone with compromises. something for everyone.
>
> and that's exactly what this sounds like. folks angry about only seeing one
> side of an issue are appeased by seeing 2. i don't agree and probably no one
> on this list does either. but we'd be members of a minority mind-set there.
> we have an unspoken "respect" for art, that just isn't universal.
>
>
> we can choose to send works into that disrespectful zone, the mid-west, where
> they don't follow our rules. we can shrug and accept their reactions or just
> not send any there. we could also complain that they don't speak english
> enough in bangladesh.
>
> judsoN
> --
>
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