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This week's report by Jeff Potter
Who is "Jimmy Grace"?
The Outing of a Demi-Puppet
Part One of a two-part report by Jeff Potter and King Wenclas
"Jimmy Grace" is someone who posts at King Wenclas's blog.
He likes to dis the ULA's noise-making approach and declares
his contentment with his "just make art" method. He admits that
most establishment art is bad, says that everyone knows it, so why
bother? But he keeps declaring that our approach is nutty,
pointless, etc.
He says he's a visual artist who hangs out with a group from
Oakland, CA. He says he's online and uses the name "Jimmy
Grace" and the group's name is "Arms Akimbo" and that he has
written books, but won't tell us who he is. Only that it doesn't
matter and that he's not hiding, but that he doesn't want us
pestering him like we do. He can't give an example of this other
than that we criticize work, praising or slamming as we see fit.
I like to think we give reasons for our position far more
conscientiously than our enemies do about work we like. I
suppose he just doesn't want to know what we think of his work.
He doesn't mind what others think, because, well, he's an artist
and writer and his work is out there. For everyone but us.
Well, it turns out that there's no "Jimmy Grace" to be found
online, no "Arms Akimbo" either.
So he's a standard anonymous ghost ULA-attacker.
It makes us wonder if any part of him was real. Where's he
coming from? He says he "just does his art" but is there a reason
why? Is he tied into some scene already, comfy, no need for
outreach or noise?
"Grace" mentioned that he was doing a popular queer sex art
tour. Fine, but to me that's a niche-market, hobby-style
small-world success of the kind that society hands over freely to
indy artists every day. That explained his contentment. But the
ULA is breaking into the next level up. We're exploring and
exposing it. "Just do your art" works at the small-world indy
level. But something happens when you get to the big show, the
big media, the big cultural discussion. At that point only fakery
seems to be allowed. People are allowed to corner the scene on
speaking for America in general who have no relation to it. And
it seems like a change that has happened over the last 30 years.
Sure, there are exceptions but challenging the main trend isn't
allowed. Not even when it's constantly done in terms of specifics,
with examples of outright corruption. Why the omerta?
...TO BE CONTINUED! Check in next week as Jeff and
King reveal a likely suspect behind Outrageous Anonymouse
"Jimmy Grace." Meanwhile, follow the discussion on the
King Wenclas literary blog.
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Jeff Potter runs OYB books and is the ULA's
Marketing Director.
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