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Bezig met laden... The Art Fairdoor David Lipsky
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. rather self-indulgent. interesting in as far as first hand view of making it as artist in cut-throat new york art scene. but all that mother son oedipal stuff was pretty boring. ( ) Once, long ago when we were young, Geoff told me about an article on T.S. Eliot's influence on Shakespeare. That is, even with Shakespeare coming chronologically first, one reads T.S. Eliot, one reads Shakespeare, one's feelings on T.S. Eliot can influence one's thoughts on Shakespeare. What supercedes what? Does it even matter? And so we come to The Art Fair, a re-release of a book from 1996, and if a publisher is going to re-release a book from 1996 in 2014 (yes I slacked on reading this and getting the review out; it's like a year late) about a boy and his mother in New York City at the core and, more often, at the fringes of the art world, it's hard not to see this a cynical grab at getting The Goldfinch's readers' attentions and money. Even though, obviously, The Art Fair's original publication date predates The Goldfinch's by a decade. (T.S. Eliot? Shakespeare? I'd link to that article if I could find it. I mentioned it to Geoff yesterday. He remembers telling me about it too.) So we have The Art Fair, a muddle of an author's first attempt at the Great American Novel:
We may as well keep adding bullet points for first novel problems:
In short, we have a book all of potential, nothing in execution. I mean:
is a phrase Richard applies to his mother. In all the time he has known his mother? Do people in New York really talk like that? It's a phrase used for an acquaintance, not a blood relative you've been with since birth. In any case, Joan, the mother, gets into the art world by mimicking the style of another artist. This book mimicks, and badly, The Goldfinch, even though I know that it can't really be doing that at all. But, read a book about the cynical art world, that cynicism is going to leach out of me into my review I suppose. The author hung out with DFW, so I love him for that. I think his later writings will be a treat, but this is just too sticky and lumpy to really want to have a go on. The Art Fair by David Lipsky was re-released on sale August 26, 2014. I received a copy free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Richard choses to live with his artist mother in NYC after the divorce, and his childhood is like few others experiences. It’s filled with art shows, art critics and other artists. He’s a great narrator to tell the story of a great has-been artist dependent on art critics for her livelihood. Richard shares the jealousies and attempts at one-upsmanhip in the art world. The story is poignant and satisfying even for someone like me who says “get over it and get a real job so your child can enjoy his childhood!” geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
A poignant and painfully funny novel about the New York art world by the acclaimed author of "Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself"For two first-class years, Joan Freeley had it all: the perfect family, the best art dealer in Manhattan, and the admiration of famous friends. Her adoring husband and two handsome sons attended her first gallery show in matching khakis and blue blazers. "An Interesting Talent Makes Its Debut," declared the "New York Times." Then, as if her success were nothing more than a booking error, Joan's life got downgraded. A brutal divorce led to paintings too bitter to sell and a career stuck firmly in coach. Unable to see her suffer alone any longer, Joan's teenage son Richard leaves his father and older brother in Los Angeles and moves in to her one-bedroom apartment in SoHo. At the gallery openings where she used to be a star, Richard discovers just how much his mother's light has dimmed. She is an artist who is not showing--she might as well be invisible. To acknowledge her is to acknowledge the thin line between success and failure in a world as superficial as it is intoxicating. Richard immediately devotes himself to returning his mother to her former glory. Everything about him--the clothes he wears, the jokes he makes, the college he attends--is calculated to boost Joan's reputation. But as the years go by and the galleries keep sending back her slides, Richard has to ask: Who wants Joan Freeley's resurrection more--him or her? And when will his own life start? Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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