[Rumori] Illegal Art appropriated

[matt davignon]

Bob Boster asked me to fill in on the first music night. Share of the door 
was more than $10, and I sold 5 cds! (That never happens!)


>From: das <das at ubuibi.org>
>Reply-To: "Detritus discussion list." <rumori at detritus.net>
>To: "Detritus discussion list." <rumori at detritus.net>
>Subject: Re: [Rumori] Illegal Art appropriated
>Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 11:36:06 -0700
>
>okaY so, now m.o.m.a. is making bucks off of this , are any of the local
>artists..??.
>
>Naked Rabbit wrote:
>
> > On Tuesday, July 15, 2003, at 02:59 AM, Steev Hise wrote:
> >
> > > Perhaps this stuff, at least the visual art side of it, isn't as
> > > dangerous as we like to think? Maybe once you hang "fine art"
> > > stuff in a major gallery (these days at least, not forgetting
> > > Warhol vs Campbell's, et al) it is de facto "safe", unlike
> > > more mass-produced, commodity culture like CDs and books and
> > > movies.
> > >
> > I used to worry about eventual calls from the Mouse about "Gimme the
> > Mermaid" until this show.  Now I know the piece has been "canonized" by
> > the legitimate art establishment.  It is invulnerable now!
> >
> > I know that you lose the bad-boy art-terrorist-chic when you go "legit"
> > like this, but for me, I never did this kind of work to be a rebel.
> > The whole point to me is that recontextualizing and representing
> > cultural products is a valid artistic expression, and should NOT be
> > marginalized and criminalized.  I see the adoption of the show by
> > SFMOMA as a step in the right direction.  I don't think "safe" is
> > either bad, nor the issue at stake.
>
>
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