{"id":8983,"date":"2014-12-03T15:30:33","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T14:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/?p=8983"},"modified":"2014-12-03T15:30:33","modified_gmt":"2014-12-03T14:30:33","slug":"talented-bunny-rogers-be-aware-of-the-dangerous-saviano-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/12\/03\/talented-bunny-rogers-be-aware-of-the-dangerous-saviano-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"Bunny Rogers be aware of the &#8220;Saviano effect&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We must confess that after looking up the website embroidered on one of the blankets Bunny Rogers is presenting at Karl Kosty\u00e1l\u2019s current group show (Warez) &#8211; earlier part of an installation titled \u201cIf I die young\u201d and referring to certain serious problems of childhood &#8211; we thought that the 24-year-old artist from Huston, Texas, has committed a mistake in the choice of her subject, and it would better to not report about her. Even if, as the artist points out, this series of blankets which bear the watermarks used by certain dodgy child modelling agencies on their on-line images were not for sale.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-8983 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/tumblr_nfpzudsefg1r7g15vo1_500\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"97\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/tumblr_nfpzudSEfG1r7g15vo1_500-310x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8989\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8989'>\n\t\t\t\tA image form Bunny Rogers&#8217;  Tumblr blog titled Cunny Poem.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/141277909330293834804998884383\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/141277909330293834804998884383-480x320.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8988\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8988'>\n\t\t\t\tBunny Rogers, lone State Bookcase, 2014 (detail). Maple wood, metal, Limited-Edition Elliott Smith plush dolls, &#8220;Ferdinand the Bull&#8221; third-place mourning ribbons, casters; 246 x 309 x 61 cm \/ 97 x 121.5 x 24 inches. Courtesy of Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Berlin.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/cunny_poem_vol1_front_cover2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"123\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cunny_poem_vol1_front_cover2-395x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/139568084236865691131677938176\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"106\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/139568084236865691131677938176-339x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8987\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8987'>\n\t\t\t\tBunny Rogers, Sister Jackets, 2012; Set of two embroidered letterman jackets. Courtesy of Soci\u00e9t\u00e9, Berlin.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/139705588064953340038782309406\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"99\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/139705588064953340038782309406-480x318.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8995\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8995'>\n\t\t\t\tBunny Rogers, detail view\nSister Unn\u2018s, 2011-2012. \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/delacroix_-_esquisse_sardanapale\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"121\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/delacroix_-_esquisse_sardanapale-480x387.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9005\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9005'>\n\t\t\t\tThe &#8220;Esquisse Sardanapale&#8221;, by Eugene Delacroix, is among the artworks on exhibited at &#8220;Sade. Attacking the Sun&#8221; at Mus\u00e9e d&#8217;Orsay until 25 January 2015.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>We call it the \u201cRoberto Saviano effect\u201d: for who is the criminal that wouldn\u2019t like to be pictured as the celebrated Italian writer describes his terrible characters? How many problematic adolescents has \u201cGomorrah\u201d &#8211; both the novel and the movie &#8211; inspired? When reading Saviano&#8217;s well informed, and lyrical, denounce of the Italian criminal organisations, we have to keep in mind that Roberto Saviano does not represent a socially concerned non-profit agency, but is a well-remunerated author who works on a commercial level. The risk, when talking about this kind of topics through art is to end up promoting what, on the contrary, we would like to denounce. Even the Marquis De Sade, to whom the Mus\u00e9e d\u2019Orsay is dedicating <a href=\"http:\/\/www.musee-orsay.fr\/fr\/evenements\/expositions\/au-musee-dorsay\/presentation-generale\/article\/sade-41230.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=254&amp;cHash=3f6f98c92b\">a very clever exhibition<\/a>, was aware of certain social taboos that all forms of creative expression, written or visual, react and respond to with likely reaction from the public.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Bunny Rogers has a clear expressive talent, especially in the realm of <a href=\"http:\/\/cunny4.tumblr.com\/\">communication<\/a>, and the courage she reveals by facing so directly problematic subjects like sex, death and related youth issues, is definitely remarkable.<\/p>\n<p>If Bunny Rogers herself is the subject of the human struggles she often refers to in her performances, writings, and object-based artworks it is never clearly affirmed, but sets an interesting parallel with Nan Goldin \u2013 rather than with the caustic and self-contained Sophie Calle. Goldin&#8217;s photography is indeed so effective because the audience is aware that she is part of the stories she is telling about, hence her photography is so credible. Similarly, Bunny Rogers&#8217; artworks appear to be as credible thanks to poetry, such an intimate and warm form of expression as her <a href=\"http:\/\/meryn.ru\/portfolia\/cunny-vol1\/\">Cunny Poem Vol. I<\/a>\u00a0reminds us.<\/p>\n<p>To spot the cardinal points which influence her spleen and self-revealing viewpoints (no subject is too dark to ignore or censor) is not that complicated, and her confessed fascination for minor key songs writer, the late Elliott Smith (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.societeberlin.com\/Artists\/Bunny-Rogers-10\/Detail-view-962.html\">see her last show at Soci\u00e9t\u00e9, in Berlin<\/a>), is the smoking gun. Life is never easy if you are a sensitive person, especially if you are an extremely proud one. But the imagery in Bunny Rogers\u2019 work is broad and charmingly, and purposely, adolescent at times: references to cartoons are a critical connection to youthfulness, a link that she has been able to turn into a successful poetic device thanks to her strong instinct for photography and text based information.<\/p>\n<p>A selection of Bunny Rogers\u2019 video works is going to be presented next December in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/390259681139424\/?notif_t=plan_user_invited\">Warsaw, at the Museum of Modern Art<\/a>, and in January 2015 she will present her second book of poems, <a href=\"http:\/\/atticusreview.org\/my-apologies-accepted-an-excerpt\/\">\u201cMy Apologies Accepted\u201d<\/a>, at the <a href=\"http:\/\/kgbbar.com\/calendar\/2015\/01\/\">KGB Bar in New York City<\/a> (please check their calendar for the date).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We must confess that after looking up the website embroidered on one of the blankets Bunny Rogers is presenting at Karl Kosty\u00e1l\u2019s current group show (Warez) &#8211; earlier part of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8992,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1793],"tags":[1867],"class_list":["post-8983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-to-be-discovered","tag-bunny-rogers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}