There haven’t been any since the late ‘60s.’ ‘I actually think that you’re not creating art here,’ he said matter-of-factly.Īnd Saltz sees right through overused art-world jargon like ‘figurative painter’ and ‘conceptual art circles.’ One competitor had described another as ‘well-known in conceptual-art circles,’ to which Saltz replied on Vulture: ‘There are no conceptual-art circles. Saltz wasn’t buying into competitor Jaime Lynn’s vacuum cleaner-centric project, which he said looked like a department-store window display. Contestants this week worked with discarded electronics, appliances and gadgets, while waxing philosophical about it.
(Is there workers’ comp for that?)Įspecially helpful for viewers who aren’t steeped in art, Saltz lets us know that sometimes a pile of trash is just that. ‘I think Nao hypnotized me during one of them.’ He also admits to having some ‘weird retinal pops and glitches’ during these face-offs. Those quick cuts where viewers see a split-second of him looking sideways at a contestant? They’re actually elaborately choreographed shots filmed from every possible angle that last so long they turn into ‘endurance staring contests,’ Saltz writes on New York magazine’s Vulture blog. (His day job is being art critic for the magazine.) Not only is Jerry Saltz deconstructing art-in-the-making as a judge on Bravo’s new reality series, ‘Work of Art,’ he’s also laying bare the innards of the show itself - as a recapper for New York magazine’s Vulture blog. This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links.
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