From: Christina Z. Anderson (zphoto@montana.net)
Date: 08/31/02-09:56:48 AM Z
Darryl,
I would love to read the review by Coleman about Woodman--I show her
work to my beginning photo class. Where could I find it?
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Darryl Baird" <dbaird@umflint.edu>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 6:09 AM
Subject: Re: Artist I have been looking at during this nude discussion
> Yes, I've seen these. Absolutely stunning, masterful and very understated.
Her
> partner is a painter/sculptor (from memory). These were published in
either
> American Photographer or Camera Arts.
>
> I was (and still am) uncomfortable with the whole Francesca Woodman
phenomenon,
> but because her (posthumous) celebrity status seemed unquestioned I
assumed I was
> out of sync. At least until I got to reading A.D. Coleman, he clearly
thought the
> whole scenario was fraudulent.
>
> I am surprised nobody has mentioned Ralph Gibson (I'm not nominating him
you
> understand, just surprised). His following is very large and robust. aka
sales are
> good...
>
> -Darryl
>
> Jack Fulton wrote:
>
> > Verushka is more real to me. A person self made in the world of the
> > falsely made. Her last work w/that German mate of hers, where he or they
> > painted her to look just like the background is, again, for me, idea
> > oriented and the nude being covered by the paint is an illusionary
> > palimpsest. that work is clever and like the tabula rasa, clean and
> > pristine.
> > Howz dat Joe?
> >
>
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