2025.016
Four days until one of the most grotesque public figures in modern history becomes president
Four days until one of the most grotesque public figures in modern history becomes president for the second time & this is the shit I came up with at the gallery as a tiny hustling bolt of a well-greased machine:
As society evolves within the structure of capitalism, the value of objects and ideas becomes increasingly dependent on their quality of being measurable or quantifiable, which, more often than not, leads to the misevaluation of the significance of art in our lives. In the age of giantism and automation, art puts pressure on the assumption that human prosperity is solely indexed by macro development and commercial achievement. Demonstrating refinement and painstaking introspection of the artists, the works in (show name) invite the viewers to come close and become intimate with the shapes of inexplicable emotions, observations, and instincts. These works bring attention to the personal and spiritual needs of people–– to extend empathy and curiosity about another human’s experiment, to imagine a life behind the fragment of a stranger’s painted memory.
Is this a joke? I couldn't even look you in the eyes if you asked. Can you still feel shameful about this if you're poor? Do I feel sorry for myself? What?
The sad part is I really believe in what I wrote. Take it out of the context of paintings that ask for high six figures & a 24 y/o with a painting degree from Baltimore–– there's validity in saying that life's depth is beyond our currency. If only I knew how to stop feeling so fraudulent, so shallow, & so incomplete! All I do to cope is think about what I'll cook for dinner & when I'll have sex next.