4/20/2006

Xiomara De Oliver

14 comments:

Painter said...

Xiomara De Oliver
@ Deitch Project
Garden Party Group show

no-where-man said...

the figures carry an emotion.

no-where-man said...

nope. don't work for him at all. but fair amount of paths lead back to. show me 5 years of openings and i will show you a pattern of greatness.

no-where-man said...

the rendering of the walls.

operation enduring artist said...

this person is not a naive untought artist....they are in a show at deitch arent they? plus if you look at her other work it seems apparent that she has chosen this somewhat recognizable visual trope in which to spin her allegorical tales. plus 'untought' seems to be a democratic style doesnt it? to an insider the concious decision to paint in an 'outsider' style seems a bit pretentious maybe? but to the larger universe it can be an efficient way in which to tell a story...that is granted that there is a story to tell and not just a fasion statement.

Stelios Argiros said...

They are definitely painted in an odd style. The quirkiness is the only thing working for me. Looks like a bunch of old-school hookers. Some kind of comment on the seedy side of sex. The objectification of women. Too bad the paintings really don't push the subject or the paint around. It just sits there for me. Very unimpressive paintings. Sorry De Oliver sex sells but I ai't buying.

operation enduring artist said...

chrisjag

had no intentions to shoosh anyone...i was just attempting to keep the conversation out of the 'is this outsider or not' ditch and maybe steer it into some other discussion ditch...narrative ditch? and maybe even the ' what constitutes a narrative' ditch.

Max said...

This one seems as though it is trying to shock us into accepting it. Sometimes that is appropriate, like with Bacon where he wove beauty out of brutality. This one seems all shock.

operation enduring artist said...

i guess what i get out of this painting is that nothing fits. these women dont seem to fit into the place they are in...the cloths seem costume-like as does the makeup and hair...this hallway reeks and the women reek or artifice, a show, a front, and uncomfort...or maybe i feel the uncomfort of meeting them in this tight hallway.

Max said...

Yeah Goble I think you are right on, there is a lot of intentional dischord here. The dingy hallway vs. the bright costumes, the somewhat off balance poses... this painting is meant to be unsettling. It reminds me of "The Scream" somewhat, and has a similarity of look to a lot of expressionist art. The more I look at it, the more I like it actually. Its not naive at all, actually seems very planned in terms of composition, pretty effective piece.

operation enduring artist said...

we are travis bickle.

Max said...

I prefer to think of us as a lobster boat.

zipthwung said...

Reminds me of Barton Fink, in an odd way. Or a strip joint/flop house called the Marble Arch in Vacouver BC. Or any tea stained faux ghetto...Travis Bickle indeed.
I was watching the People Under the Stairs (black cast yo) at the bar and this girl (of color) came in and was shilling cigarettes. I answered the survey and got all this free shit. So then this dude mistakes me for a "freelancer" if you know what I mean. Jesus.

Carrion Crawl
On
Down the hall
But the gellatinous cube
Gets the rube.

Oh but less about me and more about the painting - not my taste. Too "people of color" and not enough "problem or solution"

Power to the people.

youth--less said...

Like Iggy said "I felt the luxury of her"

Hey women will kick your ass evry time. Because as Maya Deren said--femininity is everything human that is not necessary. and we tcb too.