http://www.artlurker.com/2009/01/new-work-at-twenty-twenty-projects/ A Miami based contemporary art newsletter / blog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:48:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.artlurker.com/2009/01/new-work-at-twenty-twenty-projects/comment-page-1/#comment-8390 Richard Haden Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:46:53 +0000 http://www.artlurker.com/?p=1027#comment-8390 I prefer the source of Bucklin's Gold to the globally extracting source techniques that are practiced by multi-national corporations--those who resort to strip mining to locate the amount required to produce the likes of a 110 pound sculpture ordered up by by Mark Quinn--his iconic tribute to global extraction, environmental destruction and Kate Moss--by obviously supporting the practice. Perhaps if Quinn were forced into a modern version of the Gulag he might think of working in less destructive materials--especially if he had to dig his own gold like Bucklin does. I'd respect Quinn then. I prefer the source of Bucklin’s Gold to the globally extracting source techniques that are practiced by multi-national corporations–those who resort to strip mining to locate the amount required to produce the likes of a 110 pound sculpture ordered up by by Mark Quinn–his iconic tribute to global extraction, environmental destruction and Kate Moss–by obviously supporting the practice. Perhaps if Quinn were forced into a modern version of the Gulag he might think of working in less destructive materials–especially if he had to dig his own gold like Bucklin does. I’d respect Quinn then.

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