tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633621665763939304.post3223664611154967952..comments2024-03-11T06:12:02.296-05:00Comments on The Great God Pan Is Dead: XXS: Charles LeDray at the MFAH Robert Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10832011160514073833noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633621665763939304.post-5735873115994475062011-07-01T15:32:49.306-05:002011-07-01T15:32:49.306-05:00I will grant you the first one for sure--I thought...I will grant you the first one for sure--I thought about it but didn't include it because I felt that would require me knowing a little bit more about LeDray personally, and I really know nothing about him personally, including the milieu of his early work. (My own ignorance was somewhat corrected after I attended a lecture on LeDray by Bill Arning--but that came after I wrote this). I didn't want to jump to conclusions without knowing more. I didn't want to write about something where I didn't have sure footing--I don't think I would have been doing service to my readers or the work if I had. <br /><br />As for the second two points, I'm not sure what you really mean. There is a lot implied by what you're saying--a whole universe--and to understand where I've fallen short, I'd need to know more about what you mean by traumas of personal judgment and obsessive fetishism in relation to this body of work. In fact, I would very much welcome a more detailed response. LeDray's work feels deep and complex to me, and my brief review cannot reflect more than a tiny facet of it. In short, tell me more. Robert Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10832011160514073833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633621665763939304.post-56760953975693487252011-07-01T15:04:22.639-05:002011-07-01T15:04:22.639-05:00As interesting and well-written as you review is, ...As interesting and well-written as you review is, you have either unintentionally missed or intentionally ignored three (arugably the most important) aspects of LeDray's art-making: gay culture in the era of HIV/AIDS (which is about loss and powerlessness, to which everyone can relate); psychological traumas of personal judgments and exclusion/marginalization/omission; and, obssessive fetishism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633621665763939304.post-58708703950735445812011-05-24T13:38:22.205-05:002011-05-24T13:38:22.205-05:00PBS Independent Lens showed 'Marwencol' re...PBS Independent Lens showed 'Marwencol' recently.<br />I recorded and watched it last night. Mind-boggling details, very impressive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com