Ofili s “Virgin Mary” painting seemed to get the most attention. Did you think it was “best of show”?
Chris Rock, the great young comedian, said: “It (the controversy) isn t really about the painting. The painting doesn t even look like the Virgin Mary. It s all about the title.” Well said. A conceptual controversy, with no referent. Ofili seems to have a decorative graphic talent but I hope he doesn t head back toward that dead zone that Barbara Rose, the art critic, called “the interesting-object approach.
