Gothamist: Susan Mikula's Polaroid Experiments at CHC

Buck Owens

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:19:08 -0500

Does this woman who pretends to be an artist live in Williamsburg by any chance? If she does, then that explains it.

pilotbwana

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:18:03 -0500

Ah, nice to see such civility and open mindedness among so called artists. Give her a chance.

stella10

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:08:12 -0500

People should stop being jealous- I just walked by the gallery and it looks pretty cool. They didn't write the medium but the chc gallery website says they are Digital Duraflex prints face-mounted to plexi.

smacky

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:12:10 -0500

She should burn her camera

RDR105

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:45:08 -0500

Come on! and there's an exhibition for this??

yakatori

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:03:32 -0500

I don't blame this woman for using her girlfriend to gain some sort of credibility since I don't think her work could do it in its own right. That being said, I think Maddow should just stick to current events.

citizenerased

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:33:45 -0500

Looks like a realtor that doesn't know how to use a camera, taking photos of an empty apartment to put on craigslist.

Frankybonz

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:18:40 -0500

Hah! There are artists, and then there's someone trying to sell something. That's not to say the two can't be the same person in some cases. I'm an artist myself, and I know where the line is with my own work. This person is probably looking for idiots to help her bank account become recession-proof. She has the media connections obviously, maybe deluded as well, and if not, just completely lacking integrity.

MrManhattan

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:57:54 -0500

I used a Polorid camera in the late 70's and early '80s, but that one took pictures in focus.

zstone

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:29:05 -0500

So rarely can everyone agree on something.

kapusta

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:41:35 -0500

...if these "idiosyncrasies of a Polaroid camera" were crap, it would fill-in the east river...

Rfive

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:29:24 -0500

I love art photography, but this is shit.

Rfive

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:20:35 -0500

As an artist, I would have to call bullshit. Sorry.

r1b2

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:52:41 -0500

Crap

GM

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:36:42 -0500

Gothamist continues to not be my source for art news. What garbage.

duckumu

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:16:31 -0500

i love rachel... but these are desperately uninteresting.

NannyState

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:02:09 -0500

I could have seen more but I was able to chew through the restraints.

SP

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:46:04 -0500

#9 Kyle: those are awesome.

suepart

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:36:15 -0500

this has been done to death. a few years ago, maybe seven or more, there was a female "photographer" whose name i cannot recall or care to remember who did these sorts of things and got some modicum of fame- gallery shows and books and whatnot. but her time is up already. to present these now by another "artist" looks just "out of focus", or blase or not trying at all.

Kyle T

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:30:51 -0500

A friend of mine takes really cool polaroid photos. If you want to believe in the format again, check out her photos here: Pigeon Fight

pickycapellit

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:22:47 -0500

Mmm. Muffins...

thenebula

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:20:24 -0500

I could've done this with an empty building and messing with the focus on my camera...doesn't look too special.

TheKlaus

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:19:36 -0500

Am I in a stable? Because all I see is horse shit (don't get me wrong. I love when Gothamist covers the arts. But this... this 'art' is just sad, empty, deplorable posturing)

ugh

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:17:52 -0500

"Experiments" = FAIL

The Edge

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:16:43 -0500

Terrible. Even worse than RatherBe's stuff.

ugh

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:15:36 -0500

Self taught artist? ugh. and being Rachel Maddows girlfriend has nothing to do with getting a show in a Chelsea gallery. and it sucks BTW.

nyrangers

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:10:09 -0500

"When I've done what I set out to accomplish in a photograph, I have preserved the skipping and floating and grinding of time.” gothamist has accomplished giving me a headache, thanks for posting these blurry pictures.