http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008804050315
Last year I was the victim of a smear job by a Washington Pavilion board member and his VIP friends because I dared to question the the Visual Arts Center policy of jury secrecy. After they made me look like I was wrong in my assessment of censorship, they changed the policy this year anyway, which surprised me.
I’m still waiting for my apology from said board member. Or do you normally take the advice of people you don’t agree with?
Hypocrites Indeed.
Ray Johnson is Dead (Private collection of the Christen Family)
This was the piece that was rejected by a secretive jury in the 2007 Arts Night exhibit. I still do not know the names of the jurors. Rumor has it that their names will be released in an Arts Night 2008 article in the Gargoyle Leader, but I am not holding my breath.
I guess the words ‘Art is Dead’ scared the F#*% out of the jurors. Even though it was set in a postmark and referred to the death of Ray Johnson (who committed suicide) and was famous for making postcard art popular. Silly me, to expect jurors to know something about art or artists.