‘TWO ON ALTAMONT’: A Q&A ON ART, SOCIETY AND 1969
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) posted an interesting Q&A with multimedia artist Sam Durant and documentary filmmaker Sam Green, who discussed 1969 and their work inspired by the Altamont Free Concert. Curator Jenée Misraje mentions my book and asks about the cultural resonance of 1969:
http://blog.sfmoma.org/2009/12/altamont/
I appreciated Misraje’s observation that “Artists, curators and historians have been placing a greater amount of attention to this time in history [1969]” and Durant’s suggestion that “1969 haunts the U.S. more than 1968.” I especially appreciated their discussion given Carlos Lozada’s recent piece in The Washington Post, in which he argues I had to ”outdo 1968″:
Perhaps for some people, the amazing slew of events from 1969 to which we still look back is not that big a deal. This Post writer seems to imply 1959 was the more momentous year, yet strangely I did not see many 50th anniversary celebrations this past year.
The quote he cites from my Introduction is presented out of context, but I have a letter into the Post about this…
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Tags: 1969, Altamont Free Concert, Jenée Misraje, Rob Kirkpatrick, Sam Durant, Sam Green, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Washington Post
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