kateb@paradise.net.nz
Date: 09/21/03-08:08:07 PM Z
Quoting Darryl Baird <dbaird@umflint.edu>:
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> As a little contrast -- I also drove a great deal of distance to hear
> Andres Serrano and found him completely lacking as a human. He seemed
> utterly comfortable with shock and the allure of big bucks. > Darryl
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> How interesting - I was looking at some of Serrano's work alongside Witkin's
this morning and I'm sure the lack of feeling is evident in his work. What you
say about Witkin is borne out by all the literature I've seen - he IS a
humanist, also religious and concerned deeply with "difference" in humanity. I
can understand, though, how people find his images difficult to get alongside.
With my class last week, the reaction was shock and disgust, and I feel this
too. Another aspect I think interesting is that the normal reaction to
difference is to stare, and the normal social inhibition is NOT to stare.
Witkin gives a chance to really look at difference without causing offence.
This may sounds shallow but I think is at least a little valid.
Kate
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