saltz and pepper

Art critic Jerry Saltz came and spoke to us today. a lot of people seemed to have some strong opinions about this, because of him being on some Bravo TV show, his review on the Venice Biennale and his recent write up on Cy Twombly, after his death.

It's a good thing i don't tend to put a lot of stock in what other people tell me about other people because i really enjoyed him, his talk, and being able to see him right now, after all the above-listed hullabaloo.

some things i wrote down during the talk:

• need to be awake
• "no one had thought to deploy it"
• "our negative manifesto"
• "are you saying anything?"
• "difference between surprise and novelty"
• getting same source material
• critics limiting themselves—afraid to say what they think
• "a place to be happy and miserable"
• "i would secretly, in the backs of trucks, destroy a lot of art"
• "i want to be in the conversation now"
• "lowering the visual literacy"