Comments on: 2007 Venice Biennial

2007 Venice Biennial

janetplanet — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:33:46 -0800

I just returned from the 2007 Venice Biennial Art Exhibition . It's considered one of the most important events in the art world, but frankly, I found it a bit boring - after all, things like this just don't do much for me - and I don't seem to be alone in that opinion. Although to be fair, the VB has a long history of criticism

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:46:13 -0800

Ask not what art can do for you. Ask what you can do for art.

By: elpapacito

elpapacito — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:51:34 -0800

Some times it sucked, some times it not. I suspect many visitors just want an excuse to go back to Venice.

By: piratebowling

piratebowling — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:59:42 -0800

I'm going in September, thanks for this little mini guide.

By: bru

bru — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:16:58 -0800

If we don't know what you know about art, we can't know if "boring" means "I was not surprised because I had already seen these artists and/or ideas" or "I didn't understand what it was about" or "I had the flu and my mind was blank" or something else entirely. In any case "I found something boring" doesn't qualifies as FPP.

By: R. Mutt

R. Mutt — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:05:02 -0800

I found it a bit boring. I have that feeling right now.

By: chococat

chococat — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:19:06 -0800

I would LOVE to be able to go to the Venice Biennale. Next time you're bored of it I'll trade places with you, you can take my kids to swimming lessons or to the dentist. Also, that leather/log piece rocked.

By: babyblue

babyblue — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:48:41 -0800

I'd go just to be in the same room as Sigmar Polke's genius.

By: R. Mutt

R. Mutt — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:14:48 -0800

I'd go just to be in the same room as Sigmar Polke's genius. So.... Polke has a studio assistant? sorry ... heh, heh ... old studio assistant joke ...

By: amberglow

amberglow — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:39:01 -0800

I'm hoping to go in October--it's not as boring as critics say, i'm betting.

By: WPW

WPW — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:35:43 -0800

The New Yorker also found it somewhat boring.

By: janetplanet

janetplanet — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 06:08:53 -0800

"If we don't know what you know about art, we can't know if "boring" means..." - posted by bru at 2:16 PM on July 20
Sorry bru, but I don't subscribe to the notion that one must be "qualified" in order to judge or validate their opinion of any art. Whether I have an MFA or have never been to an exhibit before, my opinion is no more or less valid than yours or anyone else's. Everyone is free to look at my links (and the many others out there) and judge for themselves. (yay democracy!!! :-)

By: jacalata

jacalata — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 06:54:17 -0800

janetplanet, he didn't say you can't have an opinion, he said that without context (on you) your opinion is not worth sharing because it might mean anything. Like if some guy says he liked The Simpsons Movie, what's that mean for you? Nothing. But if you knew he hated all your favorite movies and liked stuff you consider trash, it'd be meaningful to you.

By: bru

bru — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 08:27:12 -0800

Thanks, jacalata, that's exactly what I meant.