http://blog.independent-collectors.com/2009/06/08/lets-bring-it-on/ Tommi Brem is collecting contemporary art under public surveillance for Independent Collectors. Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:47:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.independent-collectors.com/2009/06/08/lets-bring-it-on/comment-page-1/#comment-22 lemonpiper Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:26:28 +0000 http://blog.independent-collectors.com/?p=131#comment-22 I think this piece is about the relationship of artist to art institution, and how they both exist in a system which creates the very notion of value in art. In that sense, it is somewhat analogous to Mierle Ukeles' Dust Piece. But whereas her work trenchantly deconstructs that system - while also highlighting the role that maintenance workers play in the equation - Monk's work does not seem to and feels more like a smirking one-off. I think this piece is about the relationship of artist to art institution, and how they both exist in a system which creates the very notion of value in art. In that sense, it is somewhat analogous to Mierle Ukeles’ Dust Piece. But whereas her work trenchantly deconstructs that system – while also highlighting the role that maintenance workers play in the equation – Monk’s work does not seem to and feels more like a smirking one-off.

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