tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post4107138821639912279..comments2024-03-29T08:18:11.731-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Keith Haring sculpture arrives at 51 Astor PlaceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-28289297151342829302020-09-03T17:28:57.644-04:002020-09-03T17:28:57.644-04:00The Keith Haring running man sculpture has been go...The Keith Haring running man sculpture has been gone for at least a week. Any idea what happened to it? A Covid-19 casualty?Theodore Grunewaldhttp://architecturenyc.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-12218317558312870422014-12-03T23:58:41.358-05:002014-12-03T23:58:41.358-05:00BRING BACK THE CUBE NOW (all respect to Keith)BRING BACK THE CUBE NOW (all respect to Keith)Scoobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-14580487016102790642014-12-03T19:02:45.168-05:002014-12-03T19:02:45.168-05:00@5:40pm: Precisely! "Ordinary" people ar...@5:40pm: Precisely! "Ordinary" people are no longer allowed to exist, much less flourish, in our hyped-up city. Now only the "winners" (who take all) get to decide what matters and what public art we'll look at.<br /><br />Next step: we'll be practicing tugging our forelocks in acknowledgement of their superiority.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-82011000650188343092014-12-03T17:40:37.102-05:002014-12-03T17:40:37.102-05:00This is nothing about the art or artist.. This is ...This is nothing about the art or artist.. This is more about the owner of the art flaunting his acquisition and possession. No one here has mentioned that while this is being erected, the Alamo was being shipped-off. The LAlamo Cube attracted the punks, skateboarders and bohemians. This "Selfie' will attract the opposite of that spectrum, the yuppies, bland, unimaginative, selfish consumers.<br /><br />Moreover, this is to attract tenants in Death Star that wants to be hip and cool; and these are the ones that buy their hipness and coolness. No appreciation of art except that it's another commodity for them to consume. Of course the irony of this is that these tenants were first attracted to the EV for certain characteristics but in doing so, they build things that destroy the very things that they were attracted to. <br /><br />Thus, they replace it with something that they deem cool because it was in an era that the EV was actually cool. They want to partake in the hip nature of the East Village but what they're really doing is turning the EV into midtown, hence Midtown South.Hare Extraordinairenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-84414186666872199852014-12-03T17:20:58.548-05:002014-12-03T17:20:58.548-05:00Keith Haring and Jeff Koons. Yeah, right. A few wo...Keith Haring and Jeff Koons. Yeah, right. A few words: puerile. Childish. Pretentious. Unsophisticated. Untalented. A few more words: Rembrandt. Van Gogh. Caravaggio. Van Dyck. Turner. That is all.HippieChicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-67039935309619275252014-12-03T16:13:09.390-05:002014-12-03T16:13:09.390-05:00I think what folks are upset about is the context....I think what folks are upset about is the context. Haring is dead. He has no control over where his art is now placed. And it is a place not particularly hospitable to East Villagers. <br /><br />One should argue with his money-grubbing totally insensitive to-the-highest-bidder estate.<br /><br />But that building needs far more than Haring to set it right. Maybe an original Chico fresco can add to the Watson's edgy appeal.<br /><br />Google me some art, damnit!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-28076500231914567792014-12-03T14:52:38.289-05:002014-12-03T14:52:38.289-05:00It's less about the work of Keith Haring and m...It's less about the work of Keith Haring and more about this corporate plaza selecting a very safe piece of Haring's work and creating a very sanitary experience.NOTORIOUSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-45741467067849218882014-12-03T14:04:01.616-05:002014-12-03T14:04:01.616-05:00What's all this fuss I hear about a herring sc...What's all this fuss I hear about a herring sculpture? Everyone loves herring! Herring are so tasty with potatoes, or salad, or potato salad. I can take a picture of a herring, or draw a herring, so why can't I sculpt a herring? Maybe it's okay to have a sardine sculpture? Or an anchovy sculpture? Whoever heard of such... <br /><br />What?<br /><br />Nevermind.Emily Litellanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-53237512829946819432014-12-03T13:34:24.722-05:002014-12-03T13:34:24.722-05:00This isn't even about Keith Haring the artist ...This isn't even about Keith Haring the artist god rest his soul. This is about Keith Haring the legacy, which like those of many other great deceased artists, tends to get co-opted by moneyed douchebags attempting to elevate their own cachet by paying exorbitant prices for original artwork.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-38452281284430397292014-12-03T13:31:57.987-05:002014-12-03T13:31:57.987-05:00Nobody is questioning Haring's roots in the EV...Nobody is questioning Haring's roots in the EV or saying is was not a good guy. Some of us think however this work is shit. Haring was NOT a sculptor and this piece shows his lack of skill in the 3D world. Pieces like this were made for public spaces which include corporate buildings such as the (death star) Watson building. The choice was not an accident, Haring was a "downtown" artist in the 80's which most people can agree what the height of the cool east village. This work is bland besides it coloration (another area Haring was really weak at) it is there trying show the building as a hip place in a long past hip neighborhood. Again we are dissing this work not Haring's character or body of work. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-56113759811255049512014-12-03T13:31:21.354-05:002014-12-03T13:31:21.354-05:00@Boobida
Haring would have no problem with that p...@Boobida<br /><br />Haring would have no problem with that piece being tagged-up head to toe. (Most of his sculpture work was).<br />Wouldn't surprise me at all if that was the purpose of this piece.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-47800358858231497322014-12-03T13:24:16.472-05:002014-12-03T13:24:16.472-05:00@10:53AM
Ah, but some of us *do* make art, and th...@10:53AM<br /><i> Ah, but some of us *do* make art, and therefore know what's crap and what isn't. </i><br /><br />HAHAHA! Wooo (wiping tear of laughter) That's a good one!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-14190404735985941342014-12-03T12:48:33.551-05:002014-12-03T12:48:33.551-05:00Incredible, complaining about the work of Keith Ha...Incredible, complaining about the work of Keith Haring? A local artist who actually made it into museums and galleries around the world? And at the same time complaining about a local street artist named Chico because his style isn't up to your high standards? So only artists can know what really is art, but we don't see your art around here anywhere now do we? Then as if that wasn't enough dumping on local places like DeRobertis and Yaffa cafe? All of these were part of the EV for decades, all of them are going or gone. Too bad you didn't all enjoy them, they were great while they were still here.Benny from da Bronxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-86702521487091654892014-12-03T12:18:09.637-05:002014-12-03T12:18:09.637-05:00"Gojira said...
More art for the kindergarten..."Gojira said...<br />More art for the kindergarten kiddy crowd. If it's not shiny and simplified, they don't understand it. Sad."<br /><br />Keith Haring was an important member of the East Village community. Someone who contributed to the early 80s atmosphere you old EV Grieve grumps say you miss. He was a wonderful person who would give the shirt off his back to anyone who needed help. He never forgot his friends or his neighborhood after he made it. So you don't like this particular piece, so what? Don't dump all over his legacy.Mosuranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-49848467313571655502014-12-03T11:59:06.947-05:002014-12-03T11:59:06.947-05:00@10:53 am And some people wouldn't know their ...@10:53 am And some people wouldn't know their ass from their elbow if their elbow was shoved halfway up their ass. Now that's the kind of sculpure I'm sure people around here would really appreciate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-42663068455041160182014-12-03T10:59:31.986-05:002014-12-03T10:59:31.986-05:00Ya that shit is tacky & butt ugly. I hope it g...Ya that shit is tacky & butt ugly. I hope it gets defaced immediately and relentlessly until whoever is responsible for the installation is forced to give up & remove it.Boodibahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06575973225528271551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-6615275847291801642014-12-03T10:53:37.039-05:002014-12-03T10:53:37.039-05:00@12:36am: Ah, but some of us *do* make art, and th...@12:36am: Ah, but some of us *do* make art, and therefore know what's crap and what isn't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-64477836724195190042014-12-03T10:19:09.266-05:002014-12-03T10:19:09.266-05:00More art for the kindergarten kiddy crowd. If it&#...More art for the kindergarten kiddy crowd. If it's not shiny and simplified, they don't understand it. Sad.Gojiranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-71784714230536062342014-12-03T00:36:22.238-05:002014-12-03T00:36:22.238-05:00Nothing says clueless art snob like dumping on the...Nothing says clueless art snob like dumping on the work of a popular and respected dead artist. But then it's so much easier being snarky than it is making art Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-12337456380212229162014-12-02T16:59:35.940-05:002014-12-02T16:59:35.940-05:00@RJJNY: By "baggage" are you referring t...@RJJNY: By "baggage" are you referring to the experience and knowledge that can only be achieved over time? The "baggage" that would let one evaluate something within a context?<br /><br />If so, I'll take baggage over cluelessness. The emperor isn't wearing any clothes (and in this case is painted green).<br /><br />That said, I do still appreciate his "crack is wack" mural on the FDR Drive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-63857773284862100082014-12-02T16:33:38.716-05:002014-12-02T16:33:38.716-05:00Hey 4.05 PM, how about both? Many interpretations ...Hey 4.05 PM, how about both? Many interpretations possible. And isn't that what art is all about?Crazy Eddienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-65741879587143806922014-12-02T16:05:09.006-05:002014-12-02T16:05:09.006-05:00The uplifted arm is missing a GoPro selfie pole.The uplifted arm is missing a GoPro selfie pole.4:05 pmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-23843206233522572432014-12-02T15:32:05.899-05:002014-12-02T15:32:05.899-05:00The uplifted arm needs a big middle finger on the ...The uplifted arm needs a big middle finger on the rounded hand. That would be nice.Crazy Eddienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-34836233331152740232014-12-02T15:17:16.878-05:002014-12-02T15:17:16.878-05:00At least it's an an artist who lived and worke...At least it's an an artist who lived and worked in the East Village.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-85362882335694857532014-12-02T15:15:22.815-05:002014-12-02T15:15:22.815-05:00@1:46 PM
O.P. (you?) wasn't talking about &qu...@1:46 PM<br /><br />O.P. (you?) wasn't talking about "this piece".<br />He was talking about the artist himself, and his body of work.<br />Re-read his (your?) original comment).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com