Take this Outside
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Johan van der Schiff's Arm Wrestling Podium (The winner of the 4th Spier Public Sculpture Competition) will be unveiled at 18:00 outside of the AVA on Thursday November 1st. The podium features the rules for armwrestling in English, Xhosa, Afrikaans and Braille and is intended to " take on an important role in resolving those nasty art world disputes that seem to be
part and parcel of the "scene"."
Since we at ArtHeat love nasty artworld disputes, we have taken it upon ourselves to organise the lineup of competitors for opening night. Andrew Lamprecht and Christian Nerf will launch the proceedings, finally settling an old and complex dispute and dyke collective Doing it For Daddy will take on those nasty mysoginists from Galerie Puta later in the evening.
Considering the complexity of the Cape Town Artworld's social history there must be countless others angling for a fight.
Any suggestions? Use the comments, or email us on the address up at the top.
Labels: ava, johann van der schiff, spier public sculpture competition
posted by Josephine Scarlet at 11:12 AM
2 Comments:
I find the work of Andrew Lamprecht to be highly problematic. It is conceptually thin and of little redeeming artistic value. I object to his appropriation of others’ concepts; his habit or high-jacking (and then usually weakening) others’ projects; his co-opting of theorists and writers to defend his poor ideas; as well as his general lack of good manners and taste. He is aggressive, inarticulate, and given to emotional outbursts when good discourse would be more appropriate.
I object to YOU, you person with superfluous facial furniture
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