Julia Fish Paintings

Julia Fish: Paintings 1989–2005


Happily,
the curators of the Modern Wing
have put the collection
of contemporary art
on a rotational display.

So the artists who were featured
when the wing opened last year
have already been replaced by others.

Also happily,
many of these artists are local
which is something
that may not have happened
fifty years ago.

Which doesn't mean
that I like all of them,
and especially not this artist
whom I find terminally boring
and uttely dependant on explanatory text
like the following
which explains how the artist:

"has drawn upon the poetics of domestic architectural elements—including the structural appearance of the brick walls, varied floor surfaces, and glass-paned windows of her Chicago residence."

Ho-Hum.

And perhaps to emphasize
the irrelvance of the actual
qualities of the painting,
the blogger, Jenny G. (whoever that is)
has presented images that
are the size of postage stamps,
provoking someone from the blogosphere, Pat Miller,
to comment that:

"it would be nice if we could get a closer look"

In the discussion that followed,
it was suggested that Ms. Miller
should visit the museum to see the actual painting,
or failing that, could at least click on the links
to the AIC web museum.

But it's a good bet
that this posting
will be on the internet
long after those paintings
have been replaced by others.

And the images in the AIC web museum
are not much larger.

Possibly, some copyright issues are involved,
but couldn't permission be sought from the artist?

Although, I would ask
whether this kind of painting
really needs to be carefully seen, anyway,
once we've gotten the idea
that the artist wishes to celebrate banality
just because it is
personal to her.





BTW -- in case anyone
cares how the piece
looks up close,
here's a larger image
from my camera.