tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19340931.post7610978948613870504..comments2023-06-01T06:20:45.521-07:00Comments on art fever: Berkeley MFA Exhibit 2007Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17228487836391555925noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19340931.post-13589325034404440522007-07-04T15:30:00.000-07:002007-07-04T15:30:00.000-07:00Undoubtedly slippery. But what's pictured above co...Undoubtedly slippery. But what's pictured above could hardly be called avant garde. As an undergraduate program, Cal represents a kind of academic machinery. 'Boomers rebelled against it, then promptly sent their kids there once the drugs wore off. <BR/><BR/>Grad school, of course, is another matter - but I would imagine the history of the institution still exerts some influence even on (especially on?) its graduate students in art...<BR/><BR/>No psychedelia here. Still, all interesting pieces.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19340931.post-9104453413897971472007-06-07T15:22:00.000-07:002007-06-07T15:22:00.000-07:00Actually, Berkeley's students haven't been radical...Actually, Berkeley's students haven't been radical for decades. Of course, the radical era retains its caché. A few years ago, for example, the campus opened a Free Speech Cafe for the students. I laughed until I cried.<BR/><BR/>The artwork produced in Berkeley's small studio MFA program is sometimes "accessible," sometimes not. In this year's show, perhaps the least accessible work is that by Alicia McCarthy. Yet she had admirers and a dealer (a good one) well before entering the program. So the term "accessible" is slippery.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17228487836391555925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19340931.post-47683287113619028792007-06-07T09:49:00.000-07:002007-06-07T09:49:00.000-07:00Striking stuff. Thanks for spreading the word. Int...Striking stuff. Thanks for spreading the word. Interesting that Berkeley students (known for radicalism) are producing such accessible contemporary art.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19340931.post-6356609951014800152007-06-06T17:07:00.000-07:002007-06-06T17:07:00.000-07:00Love ur blog.Love ur blog.NecroDollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02134525957241118011noreply@blogger.com