Comments on: Midas Touch

By: marina urbach

marina urbach — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:11:01 +0000

‘i’m trying to track down any information on the nancy gonzalez showroom… does anybody know how i can find this?’

Perhaps she does not have a showroom, or perhaps she lives in another country. I would send her a letter c/o the curators of the
Costume Institute, that they could forward her. Perhaps you could put a letter to her and a note to the curators explaining your request, in another, bigger envelope, addressed to the museum. Just an idea.

By: david

david — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:19:46 +0000

this is kind of a strange forum to propose this question, but i’m trying to track down any information on the nancy gonzalez showroom… does anybody know how i can find this?

By: meimi1995529

meimi1995529 — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:38:55 +0000

i dont really like it to much but its ok…

By: 21st Century Human

21st Century Human — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:09:07 +0000

Ah, my dear Met! This is not a blog. It is a guest book, at best, or a curatorial site with comments perhaps. Not same same. Read up. (Preferably not on paper media.) You too can join the present.

Love,

By: Riley

Riley — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:57:58 +0000

BEST HANDBAG EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: hope

hope — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:17:56 +0000

Sooo Fashy!

By: marina urbach

marina urbach — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:19:25 +0000

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Ads disguised as posts.

By: marina urbach

marina urbach — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:40:22 +0000

‘Blogs that don’t “link out” are typically not held in high regard… ‘
Who does not hold them in high regard? Perhaps this blog will be a first one: it will be held in high regard, without ‘linking out’. Let’s wait and see.
Perhaps this intervention is another case of ‘Midas Touch’:
How to use the web, as effectively as possible, for promotion.

By: Bob Wyman

Bob Wyman — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:47:19 +0000

As you say: Michele Oka Doner is primarily known for projects like the Miami Airport floor… But that’s quite a pity since she does much, much more. In fact, I’ve always known her more for her jewelry than her other work.
Since this is a “blog,” I think it would be very much in the tradition of blogging if you were to provide links for the various people that you mention. Blogs that don’t “link out” are typically not held in high regard… In this case, a link to Michele Oka Doner’s blog at: http://www.micheleokadoner.com/ would be very appropriate. Links from other entries to the sites of artists, donors, etc. would really enliven the presentation and experience of being here.

bob wyman

By: marina urbach

marina urbach — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:14:42 +0000

‘I do not understand why this is labeled Midas Touch.’

According to the legend, everything that Midas touched became gold.
The title was probably given by the curators, not the artists.

Each title tries to encapsulate in few words the whole concept of each piece.
In this case, perhaps, the title alludes to the improbable fusion of two disparate elements into one. Also perhaps to the fact that the branch became silver in this case, rather than gold.

‘As if touched by Midas, the reptile skin and the gnarled branch, while still recognizable, have been gilded into an alternative, fixed, but more enduring beauty.’