Gothamist: Guggenheim's Catherine Opie Mid-Career Survey

djbootleg905

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:56:11 -0500

Self mutilation is not art. There is nothing about these photographs that is artistic.

NannyState

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 09:29:52 -0500

Too contrived, like edgy advertizing. She can play around all day with her limited vocabulary of signifiers but all we get for her efforts is another Rosie O'Donnell moment.

yerbamatte

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:26:16 -0500

Great photos. Considering the impact desired, a rawness, a truth and an authenticity without overt manipulation, the photos are very effective. I especially enjoyed the strength of "Jerome Caja", the power of the conflict between red and green that emphasized a defiance and pride. I also enjoyed the blue/yellow colour companionship in "Untitled #1 (Icehouses)". (It is especially noticeable from a distance- take a look at the thumbnail.) *(Yup "colour" -I'm Canadian- the word color with a little colour)

Clarice City

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:56:49 -0500

snoozefest.

VoidoidRamone

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:00:04 -0500

Does anyone actually have a clue what these photographs are about?? It might be that they become more important based on their meaning rather than the fact that "they are not composed well." If everybody made art the way some of you are describing it, we would have a large amount of boring art that all looks the same.

Politburo

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:24:29 -0500

Internet Handle: It's a safe assumption that the previous commenters I was responding to, specifically 1-5 (and 12 after the fact), were not focusing on the composition of the photos, but on the weight of the woman in one particular photo.

BlackieJones

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:20:13 -0500

I'm finding it extremely difficult to masturbate to these pictures.

suepart

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:17:09 -0500

this is the kind of worthless shit that deserves to be in the New Museum

Internet Handle

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:48:51 -0500

I don't think the problem is the "boobs that weren't perfect." These photographs are not very interesting, even when they should be. The portraits should be intimate and revealing, but they just look kind of clinical, boring, and as kapusta suggested, devoid of any composition. And there is nothing about that image of the ice fishing huts that suggests it took several hours to carefully set up the shot. It and the image of the surfers could both have been taken by a point-and-shoot tourist.

Politburo

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:35:20 -0500

omg i saw some boobs that weren't perfect wah wah wah

zreader

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:44:48 -0500

these photos are great. just wow.

kapusta

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:44:59 -0500

whoever this person is...don't quit your day job. it's called composition...and your just plain clueless about it.

west side Michael

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:34:06 -0500

The real Man Ray (not Wegman's dog) is turning over in his great,If this is art I ain't going to see it. Anyway it's another example of the Narcissistic era we live in. Maybe Lucus Samaras started this but his images had interest and sometimes humor in it with his Mad Polaroid SX 70 camera. Moore digital crap from these new photogs if even that is the word,Maybe she will show at the Met museum with the crap there as well.

Kojak

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:09:27 -0500

That Aint Skim Milk!

Gothamist_Cynic

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:54:29 -0500

jebus!

Kojak

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:57:36 -0500

Jesus H Christ Well there goes my appetite for the evening. Not to mention my boner for the week.

HUGO_MEGO

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:45:39 -0500

Self-Portrait/Nursing, WTF indeed.

allthewine

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:28:05 -0500

WTF?