Art Thoughtz With Hennessy Youngman
I also think that Part of Musson’s success with Art Thoughtz has been the creation of an unlikely character that challenges the core of the intellectualorthodoxy of today’s art world. Hennessy Youngman introduces a comedic, urban perspective into a largely serious and boring Ivy League discourse (a slightly ironic gesture, since Musson has an MFAdegree from UPenn). Through his videos, Musson has tried to initiate a loosening-up of the art world’s elitist establishment. His message seems to be, “Hey, take it easy, this stuff isn’t that serious.” Ienthusiastically support this type of message.
On the other side, Priscilla Monge’s work is immediately recognizable as a football pitch. But Monge's pitch differs in one fundamental respect. Thecustomary flat surface has been crumpled to undulate with a series of hillocks, mounds and hollows, as if, in a willful act of destruction, nature has forced her way through the carefully laid surface....
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