Robert Hughes - American Visions - 8th episode, part 4 of 5

"Age of Anxiety" (Episode Eight)

segment on Jeff Koons is concluded with interview . "Accusing him of hype is like rebuking a fish for being wet"

"The 1980s may have been a low, dishonest time for much American Art, but there were still serious artists around."

trip to New Mexico and visit with Susan Rothenberg.

Interview with Eric Fischl and his "Hoppersque narratives" painting the middle class as "positively deranged."

1980s and identity art -- "narrow, preachy, single-issue art in which the quest for victim credentials triumphs over aesthetic achievement."

a visit with Louise Bourgeois.

go here to playlist of all episodes of "American Visions":
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=DF4A4CCB9DB13FEF

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[IzzyIsou]

What bullshit. The only things artists like Koons, Hirst and Prince will be know for in the future is for being making lots of money and producing crap.

[graphichic]

I hate Koons' work. It's retarded.

[vkap77]

koons is the worst...

[EATshitanddrinkbleac]

koons is outdated.

[jaggerlags]

@chandru1103 I'm gonna have to disagree once and for all. Whether or not you think it's just the ritual of buying or just commodity or post reagan glamor I think personally art does add up to more, even today. There are other types of art, you must know this. It's bigger than popular auctions or sales.

[chandru1103]

@jaggerlags I'm sure it was at some time through history. But were living post-Reagan its all about glamourous commodity. And the ritual of buying.

[jaggerlags]

@chandru1103 You're right! It is glamourous, and much much more too!

[chandru1103]

@jaggerlags It is more than a commodity, it is a glamourous commodity....that makes all the difference as to why people care.

[jaggerlags]

@melissacarterTS His ego is unquestionable but I don't see lies, just another opinion in a sea of opinion shoring up to art every day. Newt couldn't love inanimate objects like Hughes unless dead presidents were printed on them.

[melissacarterTS]

@jaggerlags It's healthy to resent the succesful. But most likely its my arrogance, my birthright, I just can't respect people who pontificate and bless us with their brilliant insight. I just can't help it, I smell a lie a mile away. And they're all lies; nothing Hughes has ever said was without his own overblown ego. He's like Newt Gingrich, he simply can''t get past himself.

[jaggerlags]

@chandru1103 It's more than a commodity. Or else why were you watching a video on art? Might as well watch a video on wheat distribution throughout the country, or the rate freezes on soy so as to stabilize a market. See? It's more than commodity- at least to me and I'm proud to say it.

[jaggerlags]

@SoulEaterEthan I've heard people say the same for professors. I don't know it's true for me Hughes is shit. I like Koons enough to know what you mean, and don't always like Hughes, but I enjoyed this series. Most of these are more worth watching than not. I'd say there's definitely a point to art criticism. I wish there was more stuff like this on tv everyday! I've been an artist for some time and don't take these things that personally! Relax, Koons will be fine like you said.