Quick post from PGJ...today Slate posted an article, the ultimate in worlds colliding:
"Hova Goes MoMA"
http://www.slate.com/id/2241208/
A few days after making my case Jay's cultural import, Slate takes a slightly different angle but uses my workplace in the headline!
Anyway, I'm not a big fan of the article in general, and posted the following comment:
"Interesting points, but not sure I buy it. Koons, Hirst, Murakami, and all other descendants of Warhol have one set of concerns -- toying with meta-/ironic/playful ideas of celebrity qua celebrity, fashion as substance, ephemera as depth. But Jay-Z has little to do with that tradition. The substance of his art-making is his skill as an MC (poet?), selling his rags-to-riches life story through extraordinary narratives and rhymes, closer to a Bruce Springsteen than an irony-soaked Damien Hirst. Feels like a real stretch to make that connection."
What do y'all think?
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