{"id":29331,"date":"2016-05-16T15:08:18","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T20:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=29331"},"modified":"2016-05-17T09:12:27","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T14:12:27","slug":"thom-cowan-out-to-lunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2016\/05\/16\/thom-cowan-out-to-lunch\/","title":{"rendered":"~THOM COWAN . . out to lunch ? no. but personally – I think ELI BROAD is."},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nTHOM COWAN aka boner_table . . ‘Out to lunch’.
\nimage via Instagram – @boner_table<\/p>\n

the whole contemporary ‘mainstream’ art scene, as typified<\/strong> by ELI BROAD and his much touted “contemporary” art collection\/museum is pretty boring . . and well, pretty much over. cold toast.
\ntime moves on. it’s 2016 – not 1979. 80s are no longer . . quote contemporary.
\nMillennials rule.<\/p>\n

okay, there are few great<\/strong> & timeless pieces, but over-all it’s a drag. with a kind of prevailing visual ‘sameness’, which is really boring. <\/p>\n

see: the BROAD COLLECTION online<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.thebroad.org\/art\/browse<\/p>\n

‘contemporary’ is going to become about as cutting edge – as ‘modern’ is – in these guys’ hands.
\nEli Broad should marry Roberta Smith. <\/p>\n

I would say, just off the top of my head, most of the artists in this collection peaked in the 80s. I mean that’s ok, but just don’t <\/strong>call your museum . . the epitome of contemporary<\/em> art. it’s not. I mean JACK GOLDSTEIN is great, and I would commend the collection just for that . . but he’s been dead for decades. and most telling, the recent auction prices for ELI BROAD favorite . . CINDY SHERMAN have gone very very soft, and, ditto for JEFF KOONS.
\nGREGORY CREWDSON, is one of the only ones, in the ‘collection’- who I would consider: still really alive and kicking.<\/p>\n

ok. Eli has 2 spray paint fabric paintings by STERLING RUBY. good. and they are nice ones.
\nbut where’s the Joe BRADLEY ? the Maurizio CATTELAN ?
\nhe has a MURAKAMI, but where’s . . the BARRY McGEE ?
\nand even these<\/strong> guys you know, they are not<\/strong> puppies. they are not raging foam-ers straight up from the street. they all made their names back in the early 2000s. so, come on – that’s already over 15 years ago.<\/p>\n

in general – ‘contemporary’ is getting to be a pretty obsolete term. the deal is I once heard him, Eli speak about how he was buying Cindy Shermans right off the presses – back in the day. the early 80s. that’s good, but see . . that’s the funny thing about the at world, it’s 2016. <\/p>\n

and, so whose<\/strong> work is the much touted titan of ‘cutting edge’ buying at auction – this season \/ MAY 2016 ?
\nSAM FRANCIS – !! I kid you not.
\nI wrote my god damn high school<\/strong> art final – on Sam Francis, and that was back in the 60s. along with the Beatles. and I wanna hold your hand. if that helps put things in perspective.
\nyeah, he bought Sam Francis ‘Summer #1’, 1957 – for $10.35 Million.
\nimpressed ? neither am I.<\/p>\n

let me tell: oh yeah. if he really<\/strong> had that great an ‘eye’, with that kind of ($$) dough, he could be really<\/em> cleaning up – on the really<\/strong> contemporary art scene. he could vacuum up the whole scene, and snort it right back out his nose – at auction in 10 years. like he did with Cindy and the rest of the ‘Picture’ generation crew.<\/p>\n

he might<\/strong> have a really really nice, middle-of-the-road, no surprises – 80s ‘contemporary art’ collection – but just don’t tell me – that he’s . . a rolling stone.<\/p>\n

and, I mean it doesn’t even have to be ‘today’. but it has to be brilliant<\/strong>.
\nto my way of thinking, VIRGINIA DWAN with her patronage of MICHAEL HEIZER – now that outdoes ELI BROAD, hands down.<\/p>\n

now – if ELI BROAD had some DAN ASHERS<\/strong>, seriously . . I would be bowing down and kissing the green-billed trail of earth he walks on. but I’m not giving him any crown. sorry. <\/p>\n

whatever. go read artinfo if it makes you happy.
\nlol, LOUISE BLOUIN<\/strong> is on the scandalous tax evading Panama Papers list !! <\/p>\n

just some . . out-to-lunch ramblings on a lazy day. why ?
\nbecause . . I can. something about raw talent – popping up from the underground.
\nbrings out the best – in me.<\/p>\n

but . . . <\/p>\n

Back to the future !!<\/strong><\/p>\n

how many ways and things about this . . THOM COWAN \/ @boner_table . . . art T shirt do I love ?<\/p>\n

for starters: the fact that the artist probably thinks . . he has no chance in hell of making it – and so, IT’S SO FRIGGIN’ FRESH.<\/p>\n

it’s funny. it’s sweet, and TWISTY !!
\nIt’s lyrical and wry. it’s about animals and humans. it’s got great DIY calligraphy. and nice full swinging tits, too. but it doesn’t feel porno. and, I love that sparkly stuff going on around them – even more than I can put in words.<\/p>\n

the coloring is fab. <\/p>\n

the spatial composition is super fab, and speaks to both freedom & spontaneity = natural talent.<\/p>\n

the daydream element is all mine for the taking . . .it’s truly one-of-a kind, not endless knock-off variations.<\/p>\n

and, it’s even signed\/initialed, and dated . . ‘2016’ – in the bottom right-hand corner.<\/p>\n

and you can . .. wear it !! tattoos are so – over. <\/p>\n

so – out to lunch !! and ready to party !!<\/p>\n

they should be selling these<\/strong> – at the BROAD FOUNDATION gift shop, god forbid. that probably would be like the biggest kiss of death to a young artist. today.<\/p>\n

but see, here’s the thing: INSTA-gram.<\/p>\n

call me out to lunch – but just don’t tell me I’m stupid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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