Jet Set, Knows Stars redux
January 11th, 2010
Then: Louis B. Mayer Now: Jeffrey Deitch
On the Facebook page of Jerry Saltz, attentive artists argue the appointment of Jeffrey Deitch to the Director’s Chair at LA MOCA, a tense thriller to be concluded – OH WAIT – there’s a cliffhanger! Monday morning’s scheduled press conference has been postponed; we’re all licking from our lips the sweat of suspenseful anticipation!
To quote Hippy Carnes (annoying rat guy) from The Abyss: “I got to tell you, I give this whole thing a sphincter-factor of about nine point five.”
Checkmate.
In the discussion, an artist I admire wrote: “peter plagens once called what the new york artworld has become a kind of “poor man’s hollywood” and in certain circles he’s right. jeffery is responsible for some of that. so it’s funny that the “mayor of poor man’s hollywood” is now going to the real place.
Uh-Huh Her
Right! On! If Jeffrey Goes to Hollywood (Relax Don’t Do It), then he really will be like our generation’s Louis B. Mayer.
Alternate ending
March 31st, 2010 at 11:19 pm
[...] In an exclusive statement to the School of Visual Arts CE Blog, Jeffrey Deitch announced his first exhibition at LA MOCA, where he was recently appointed as its Director. [...]