Gadsby skewered Picasso in their 2018 special Nanette—but their new art exhibit doesn't convey anger, humor, or frankly anything that deep.
The depth and complexity of the feelings I detected in the Pearlstein and Guerilla Girls pieces at the front of the show are reproduced numerous times throughout the exhibit. But the overall curation doesn’t provide a clear or captivating way to engage with those feelings. Doing so meaningfully
“I think it’s futile to engage directly in a conversation about whether we should ‘cancel Picasso.’ Not least because it is impossible. He’s already happened to us. Plus, Picasso doesn’t care. He’s dead. He won’t learn anything. This isn’t about him. Just kidding! It is. Not but really.
The reflex I most experienced throughout the exhibit was that of eye rolls at Gadsby’s accompanying quips to the artwork. Half jokes like, “Worst. Hemorrhoid. Ever.” And, “When the vagina dentata subtext becomes text.” Nonsensical and lazy, the decision to include these next to some of Picasso’s sketches made me question how seriously Gadsby was taking feminist artists’ ambition
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