{"id":24843,"date":"2015-04-14T10:44:25","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T15:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=24843"},"modified":"2015-04-16T08:25:51","modified_gmt":"2015-04-16T13:25:51","slug":"jerry-saltz-vs-robert-storr-the-class-clown-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2015\/04\/14\/jerry-saltz-vs-robert-storr-the-class-clown-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"~JERRY SALTZ vs ROBERT STORR . . the class clown wins !!"},"content":{"rendered":"

talking about ‘throw-downs’ !!
\ndid I call it right, or what ?
\nthey are<\/strong> gonna be calling him . . “FLAY-EM ALIVE” BOBBY – for sure !!
\n100 bucks easy, the January Jones’ kid – is his !!<\/p>\n

but . . back to art:
\nwhat the hell<\/strong> is wrong with being . . the class clown ?<\/p>\n

JERRY SPRINGER, er I mean JERRY SALTZ vs ROBERT STORR ?
\nJERRY SALTZ wins – hands-down !!<\/p>\n

who knew the art critics’ inner circle was so full of full-blown, knife-stabbing . . fighting, er, passion ?
\nin-house conflict, and blood feuds !!
\nI mean, I didn’t<\/strong> know . . just how I influential, I was !!
\nspeaking about non-stop . . blood feuds. <\/p>\n

I’ve been zeroing in after . . ROBERTA SMITH, like a heat missile – for-ever.
\nas long as I can remember, back when . . if you didn’t<\/strong> get written up in the New York Times, your<\/strong> whole show was a complete waste of time, and – then, if you didn’t<\/strong> get written up by the #1 in-house fascist arbit-traitor of mundane taste, i.e. Roberta – your work wouldn’t<\/strong> sell. no way. no chance.
\nwhere shall I start ?
\nputting up on the ‘must-have’ list, that stuck-up poster child for wannabes . . RACHEL HARRISON, as if !!
\nwas the final straw for me.
\ntaking down SHEPARD FAIREY and absolutely trashing CATTELAN’S fantastic, circular wonder of a hanging retrospective at the Guggenheim, going so far as to say it . . “was career-breaking” – !!
\nwas<\/em> the final straw that broke her iron grip – for many others.
\nmeanwhile, I bet that that Cattelan show got the best attendance numbers any museum has scored, esp for a contemporary artist – in this city, for many many a decade. I bet it even beat the recent KOONS retrospective – for attendance.
\nof course, she still has penned many exceptional reviews, most notably on historic shows, but the lock-jaw power she once wielded on ‘calling’ the new art – has greatly diminished, and all for the better.<\/p>\n

on a more personal bloodbath cause: she completely let JOSH HARRIS and the ‘QUIET: WE LIVE IN PUBLIC’ crew – the biggest pop-up art party, let alone brilliant social networking forward vision \/ seed – ever to happen in NYC, fly right over her head. even when the documentary on the downtown 100% hardcore artist caper – won Sundance 9 years later. not one line. not one comma of ink. <\/p>\n

she wrote up that puny lightweight at FEATURE, HUDSON sorry RIP – and, not a peep about SIMON ? SIMON CERIGO<\/strong> – who she knew very well . . in passing, their paths crossing many times, over many years – as both trawled the gallery opening circuit. I guess bonafide c-h-a-r-a-c-t-e-r-s, just don’t count. <\/p>\n

meanwhile, even though JERRY, who isn’t always the sharpest knife in the drawer, he didn’t get JOE BRADLEY at first, and he definitely missed the ‘skills’ memo (!!) – he sometimes lands right<\/strong> on the mark, just<\/strong> because he does<\/strong> take those fearless leaps, only a true fool can. ok, so he doesn’t have the greatest ‘eye’. he thinks . . with his gut, and that’s alright by me.
\nsomebody he stood up for, who I pooh-poohed ? CARROLL DUNHAM !! and Jerry was so so so right.<\/p>\n

I would even venture to say, Jerry’s seriously blade-flashing, ja ja joshing take-down of MICHELLE GRABNER<\/strong>, last year . . YALE’S biggest and greatest white hope to date, Saltz kicked her around like a soccer ball, remember ?!! was what really pissed – Storr off, and set his blood to boiling. <\/p>\n

you know, of course Jerry was right, what a lame artist if I ever did see one, let alone a cutting edge curator, and don’t even get me started in on that . . . the WHITNEY: lovely new building, same old same old curators. MARY HEILMANN painting wooden deck chairs ?!!<\/strong>
\ndamn, almost as tantalizing as MADONNA DEEP-KISSING DRAKE . . !! !!<\/strong><\/p>\n

yep, while ROBERT STORR might stand for a few things, he is definitely the tipping<\/strong> point in the great critics’ war, the great ‘take-down’ . . of 2015 !! (apologies . . throw-down Bobby Flay )
\ntrust me, Storr would not be opening his mouth, not uttering a peep, not disturbing a fly, if he thought it would come back and bite him, i.e. adversely affect the fate of the hordes of art students, he sends out each year into the raging fires – of the NYC art scene. which pretty much eats them alive, but that’s another story. and in this respect his candor is all the more refreshing, and remarkable.<\/p>\n

yep, for sure, the sharks – smell the blood in the water.<\/p>\n

see: Yale Art Dean Robert Storr on How Today’s Art Critics Suck, Especially Jerry Saltz . . THE OBSERVER. April 10, 2015<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nJERRY SALTZ, senior art critic at New York magazine . . . does his thing. NYC, Sept 15, 2007.
\nPHOTO: NANCY SMITH<\/p>\n

and, if you don’t<\/strong> believe me about MICHELLE GRABNER, being the w-o-r-s-t<\/em>
\ncheck out: her website, MICHELLE GRABNER . . for yourself – !!<\/a><\/p>\n

according to her current professional listings, and ROBERT STORR by implication – she was imbedded into YALE like a dirty sponge – in the role of visiting Professor \/ CORE CRITIC (!!) from 2011-2014.
\nwell, I guess that<\/strong> gig is over, apparently.
\nthe soccer ball mom got bounced.<\/p>\n

wanna bet $100 . . nobody much better – took her place ?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

talking about ‘throw-downs’ !! did I call it right, or what ? they are gonna be calling him . . “FLAY-EM ALIVE” BOBBY – for sure !! 100 bucks easy, the January Jones’ kid – is his !! but . . back to art: what the hell is wrong with being . . the class […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24843"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24843"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24887,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24843\/revisions\/24887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}