hat tip halitosis for depiction of chivalry
art as criticism
predator vs aliens: the last judgment
hat tips bees and photos for the 1994 Alien vs Predator game. In one of the early levels of the demo the Predator (you) is a huge musclebound goon walking around with a sword lopping the heads off sleek, purple, feminized Aliens who greatly outnumber HIM. The supernatural combat theme has been around in visual art for a few hundred years or so. Signorelli's Last Judgment panel looks very similar but the bat-winged demons and long-tressed angel aren't as (unconsciously?) "gendered" as in the Capcom AvP (marketed mostly to boys). No heavy conclusions to be drawn here, just making a few notes.
pre post analog
Katherine Grayson, Value Study #1, 2004, collage and ink on paper, 8 X 5 inches (detail).
The above work appeared in the Cory and Jamie Arcangel-organized "Infinite Fill Show," at Foxy Production in NYC in 2004.
Here's how yrs truly described it at the time:
The artist makes her own zipatone with printed out, cut out fill patterns. The piece has a very hands-on, day camp feel to it, at odds with the computer element, which is supposedly so "cold" (at least to the cult of the hand that still thrives in the art world).
Ah, the twisty turns of history. The Infinite Fill Show, an early incarnation of what is now being called "Post Internet," received much press but generated no sales of artwork for the gallery. After exhibiting the above digital print (collage), Grayson went on to run The Hole gallery, which now shows post analog painting, a kind of reified, gallery-friendly version of digital art.
