Posted by G.H. Hovagimyan on June 19, 1996 at 15:45:11:
In Reply to: Henri Maccheroni posted by Joseph Nechvatal on June 11, 1996 at 03:40:57:
: I was informed the photographs on view had been edited down from 6000 which make up the complete series, too many to mount.
: Perhaps a bit more palatable was a later group from the artist's oeuvre at Galerie Mantoux-Gignac. There under the theme Aspects érotiques de la période socio-critique 1972-1974 one encountered more female vaginas but now kaleidoscoped and psychedelicized. They formed odd looking bird like creatures and funny fluted troughs. Their socio-critical nature eluded me, but I found myself wanting to get a particularly saucy one and take it home, which I did.
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Aha Joseph, don't you think the food metaphor is a little bit heavy handed. I have problems with this work because of a certain droll subtext. I can imagine a typical art opening where Henri is in attendance, " and what do you do? answer; I photograph cunts. You do?"
OK maybe this is funny and maybe its subversive in a certain way or maybe it's just pointless titilation. This is one one those frustating situations where because the work is presented in a "serious" venue you have to take it seriously.
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