For an artist who's only shown a couple of times and whose most well-known work --a 22-minute, reconceived-for-network-TV version of Cremaster 4--has only been seen by a handful of people, Jon Routson sure gets a lot of press. Baltimore City Paper's Bret McCabe gives Routson the full feature treatment this week, a 5,000-word cover story, complete with inflammatory comments by [at least one] wannabe playah with a weblog.
With pleasant symmetry, another Baltimore artist, the indie filmgod John Waters, opens an exhibition of his work--thematic collages of images cribbed from 60's and 70's movies--at the New Museum Feb. 7. Read Artnet's recent interview with Waters.
Related: my previous post about Routson, and my NYT article on bootlegging video art
