Decisions, Decisions 6th March

Due to illness and well generally being Brendon, I haven’t really been able to research galleries and artists so I’m going to have to make a sort of executive decision or decisions.

The private gallery is the White Cube, initially of Hoxton but with a sort globalised brand I know there is one in Piccadilly and I believe Paris and New York, established by Jay Joplin partner of YBA Sarah Lucas, a sort of poacher sleeping with gamekeeper, relationship. Although this may all be tosh as this is what I think I know it’s not researched and may well be contradicted by things I write later

The Artist I’m choosing is Gilbert and George. For various reasons, firstly because I don’t actually like they’re work which will make this stimulating or at least thought provoking for me, although this might change while I research this piece. I have a terrible propensity for falling for or at least sympathising with the enemy I’m too much of a people person, I empathise very readily. Secondly although I think it’s pretentious they only work together as effectively one artist and it gives me the opportunity to switch between plural and singular verbs and pronouns with gay abandon, and enjoy the fact that that will really annoy some people. Thirdly and probably most important is that they are alive and still working and as this is about career as much as I is work that is relevant to me it also won’t do my research any harm that they have a big retrospective at the Tate

The Public Gallery I have chosen, I actually haven’t chosen yet, although have decided to choose the City of New York because I frequently hear about the Art scene there and how it is cutting edge and so superior. And certain friends are always telling me how wonderful the city is. Well I’ve never been there, but refuse to be overawed, which is one of my strengths and weaknesses. So I’ve chosen to keep what I value most which is an open mind and look into it for my self.

The Art periodical choice is another I haven’t made and this is for a reason which is different from the public gallery, which is due to a lack of knowledge, this is due to an almost voluntary lack of knowledge. I find or at least have found Art magazines stultifyingly boring. I am not a low art kind of guy but pseudo intellectualising and pretentious wannabes and snobbery when written down makes me actually want to enjoy big brother (unfortunately like my opinion of Paul Weller I prefer the early stuff) This will probably be the hardest to write mostly because I will have to force myself to read at least one possibly several. An open mind will be difficult but I’ll try, though it might be easier to just rant

This was actually writtten on the 6th March but any other blogger users will know that changing to the new system is more complex than they make out