Comments for Chicago Art Review

Comment on MiniReview: Austin Eddy @ Golden Gallery by C. Jones

C. Jones — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:01:06 +0000

First he ripped off Keegan McHargue, now he’s ripping off Shara Hughes. What a joke.

Comment on Justin B. Williams @ Monument 2 by John

John — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:36:14 +0000

What some people seem to be missing is that maybe the whole scheme had to do with the artist’s intention of experimenting with information dissemination. Playfully using his own death as a jumping off point- through one essay (which if anyone had read, was CLEARLY a joke) Justin perpetuated a rumor that circulated pretty widely in a manner of hours.

People who had received the news seemed to be divided into groups that gleefully helped spread the rumor (people that were “in on it”) people who reacted with hostility (see the “Not Funny” guy) people who were saddened and touched by the news, and then everyone else who either “got it” or caught wind of the exhibition and didn’t think twice about it. The point is, whatever you think of the work or the tactics, is that the exhibition, through the press release took on the form of something bigger, specifically through the mechanism of “the rumor”.

That being said, I think that this was an interesting show.

My two cents.

Comment on Justin B. Williams @ Monument 2 by Jason

Jason — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:27:07 +0000

I did not attend the show because I thought it was actually a memorial, and a memorial exhibition doesn’t sound like a fun thing at all (people crying, people speaking softly, people talking kindly about the art even if it sucks). So the artist’s cute scheme kind of failed.

Comment on Justin B. Williams @ Monument 2 by Not Funny

Not Funny — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:08:21 +0000

Frankly, I found the press release ( which I read here: http://proximitymagazine.com/2010/06/justin-b-williams-monument-2-gallery/ couldn’t find it on the monument website) written in BAD TASTE. I had seen some of Justin’s work before, even met the guy a few times, and was deeply saddened by the news when I read it. It seems more like a publicity stunt than anything, maybe a young artist trying to attract attention? I for one, and I don’t think I am alone, think that death isn’t really something to be joked about. The whole thing reminds me of some kid trying to boost his own ego. No class.