Slog - Comments on Re: Submitted for Jen's Approval 3&4 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34 Every day this week, Dan Savage has graciously sent an image of a sculpture found on his vacation in artsy Saugatuck, Michigan, for me to critique. It has been so! much! fun! But I wanted to give myself an additional challenge over and above critiquing JPEGs of things I've never seen, so I decided I'd look at Wednesday's Sculpture and Thursday's Sculpture strictly in relation to one another, whatever they turned out to be. I am told that this Sunning Bear was made by a person named Gert Olsen in 2002. I am told that this Empty (Revisited) was made... Copyright 2008 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:33:34 -0800 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:48:25 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle Jen, sarcasm doesn't translate well on the web, FWIW.

I don't think people can tell that you, just as myself, tend to post things in a sarcastic manner ...

Ah, for want of a this is sarcasm tag ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076633 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076633 Visual Art Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:46:40 -0800 Comment by Scott Dow The bear is laying on it's back and looking forward.
Does this change your opinion of it?

I like the bear the best.

]]> Scott Dow http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076646 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076646 Visual Art Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:49:23 -0800 Comment by UNPAID BLOGGER Butt in the air? No matter how much I squint, I can't see that.

]]> UNPAID BLOGGER http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076649 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076649 Visual Art Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:49:38 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball Yeah, it's butt is not in the air. I guess this means Jen is clueless when it come to anal?

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076664 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076664 Visual Art Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:55:54 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball *its

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076665 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076665 Visual Art Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:56:34 -0800 Comment by A Gynecologist We call that pose "Scoot down to the edge of the table, dear." Also, "Knees apart, please."

]]> A Gynecologist http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076686 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076686 Visual Art Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:02:27 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball *comes

I guess this means I'm clueless when it comes to English...

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076695 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076695 Visual Art Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:04:25 -0800 Comment by Andrew The bear's butt is on the ground.

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076701 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076701 Visual Art Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:05:57 -0800 Comment by lostboy ...the bear, who accidentally implies that he wants penetration, and then blocks it with his smooth, unbroken surface and intended, asexual childishness.

Even more than I am impressed that Graves wrung an actual critique out of that polar bear (posture misunderstanding aside), I am struck by how aptly it could also apply to how a stereotypical otaku experiences media.

]]> lostboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076703 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076703 Visual Art Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:07:22 -0800 Comment by Sam Dear Jen,

Your interpretation of the bear as having its ass in the air and looking over its shoulder is totally ridiculous.

If that's the case, what is going on with its hind legs? No feet? You think its knees are its big, square butt, and it has a weird hunch-back lump? What the hell?

NOTHING along the spectrum from human to bear shape, when sticking its ass in the air hoping something will fuck it is shaped like that sculpture.

]]> Sam http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076720 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076720 Visual Art Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:14:10 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Remedial anatomy classes are clearly due Jen Graves.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076725 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076725 Visual Art Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:15:47 -0800 Comment by Fnarf an empty-headed hipster in tapered pants walking disdainfully by a bank Snark all you want, people, but Jen Graves earns her dough. This quote actually, momentarily, made the art seem good. Which is a miracle, if a short-lived one.

Her grotesque miscomprehension of the fuckable bear proves she's only human. She may not know HOW to approach the sexuality of a bear.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076805 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076805 Visual Art Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:49:23 -0800 Comment by cunnilatio I'm with 6, the first thing I thought of was sliding on down and exploring whatever treasure that asexual? bear has between it's legs.

]]> cunnilatio http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076812 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076812 Visual Art Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:52:30 -0800 Comment by fARTing The Eva Hesse link isn't working for me. Otherwise, nice post.

]]> fARTing http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076852 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076852 Visual Art Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:08:22 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @12 for the win.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076863 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076863 Visual Art Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:13:54 -0800 Comment by Jen Graves No, no, no -- I'm saying that's the first thing I saw when I looked at the bear, and then I had a hard time NOT thinking about it. It took my eyes a second to switch, but once they did, I saw what you're seeing, a prone bear on its back. But that first glimpse is the one I prefer. See if you can get your eyes to flip it.

]]> Jen Graves http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076878 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076878 Visual Art Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:19:57 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Does this help?

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076914 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076914 Visual Art Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:41:00 -0800 Comment by arduous I see what you're seeing Jen. It took me a while to figure it out, but the knees become the butt, and the bear is doing some serious yoga.

]]> arduous http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076919 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/re_submitted_for_jens_approval_34#c1076919 Visual Art Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:48:25 -0800