Comments on: From censorship to John Latham and back again…

By: David baer

David baer — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:18:51 +0000

Its all about chasing shadows.

By that I mean latching on to this or that latest, most innovative idea that some self styled money making guru has put out in the hope it’ll go viral and make them a lot of money off the backs of all the headless chickens who will follow them blindly down a blind alley. Its a shame but a truism nonetheless that people will follow where someone they see as an expert leads. Even if they lead them to certain disaster, which is what most of the gurus tend to do to their flocks.

The trick is to recognize a shadow when you see it!

By: fi

fi — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:49:36 +0000

i didnt say that. someone is coming in here pretending to be me again. this multiple identity thing has stopped being funny ages ago.

By: fi

fi — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:15:36 +0000

forgery is where is at man

By: The Other Jerome Sans

The Other Jerome Sans — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:07:48 +0000

Et moi, et moi, et moi?

By: The Other Hans Ulrich Obrist

The Other Hans Ulrich Obrist — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:50:14 +0000

Is this a private conversation or can anybody join in? Nick you’ve worked with a lot of celebrity artists in your time and I’d just like to ask you what it was like for you meeting Andy Warhol?

By: The Non-Gagosian Mark Francis

The Non-Gagosian Mark Francis — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:46:45 +0000

Hey Nick! I’m gonna buy you a book on synchronicity for your birthday coz every time I run into you by accident you’re with my wife! Strange isn’t it!

By: The Fake Sheena Wagstaff

The Fake Sheena Wagstaff — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:44:04 +0000

Oh hi Nick, fancying meeting you here, seems like our lives just keep drawing us together and we’ve got so many institutions in common – both of us coming up to the Tate via MOMA Oxford and The Whitechapel!

By: The Vegetarian Nicholas Serota

The Vegetarian Nicholas Serota — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:38:53 +0000

Are you on drugs? You’ll never get on in the art world if you keep saying things like this! Anyone who wants a career in the culture industry has to watch their manners, and not go around upsetting major institutions like MOMA (or The Tate for that matter)…..

By: mistertrippy

mistertrippy — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:13:46 +0000

JJ agreed! But this whole back story to the work and its sale is interesting to explore – and just what was the final outcome of the insurance claim on the stolen letter? Perhaps the archivist at Flat Time House could get onto that one….

Jonathan also raises an interesting point, was the piece ever Latham’s to sell in terms of capitalist property law? And I, of course, think the more raising these issues reduces the financial value of the work, the greater its cultural value! But will MOMA want to deal with them?

By: JJ Charlesworth

JJ Charlesworth — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:28:59 +0000

I guess one way of settling it would to be to compare other correspondence coming from St Martins dated around the same time. you’d have to be a bloody good forger to get paper stock, typewriter font, letterhead and so on exactly right…