Talk:General Idea

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LGBT?
Nowhere in the article does it state anything about gay issues... Could someone with more knowledge about the group address this? -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 05:39, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

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More on artists themselves and the public's response to artwork?
Hello, I think the page is missing more information on the artists themselves. I found an interview with Jason Decter, Partz, and Bronson, and it gives a lot of information on what their vision was for their pieces, and how they wanted ambiguity in meaning. I also think it would helpful to talk about the public's response to the art. The same interview mentions that General Idea's critics mention that there is no meaning in their A-I-D-S piece. What do you all think? Thanks!

Hello again! I have contributed a few sentences to the page. Firstly, I discussed that when the group was first recognized, confusion existed as to who they were which led to a series of self portrayal images. Then I mentioned that it was important to General Idea that their work was seen by many different types of people and therefore they had their work featured on newsstands as well as in museums to get maximum exposure and get reactions from many different types of people. I also added that the group intended for their AIDS logo to get out of control. Please let me know if you think the source is reliable and my additions are worthy!

Hello
I am looking for some reputable sources regarding these artists take on the AIDs epidemic but I am have trouble with finding good reputable sources. I found the sources through CSU East Bay's library database but do not know if these are good sources. Any tips or advice? Thank you!

Felton-Dansky, M. (2011). Artistic Epidemiology. PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, 33(2), 115-119.

Barkun, D. (2012). The Artist as a Work-in-Progress: General Idea and the Construction of Collective Identity. Forum for Modern Language Studies,48(4), 453-467.

Angel, Sara. (2011). How General Idea predicted the future: Three artists eerily foreshadowed modern phenomena like reality TV and Facebook.(Art)(Jorge Zontal, Felix Partz, and A.A. Bronson). Maclean's, 124(29 30), 82. Fungjennifer1 (talk) 06:24, 28 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi Jennifer! Great job on your edits of General Idea's article page. I think the additions you made to the article not only are really well thought out but are needed, given the ambiguity that their work tends to have. The only note I have to offer you is concerning the placement of the first edit you made, where you talk about General Idea's intentional ambiguity which they then reconciled with the self portraits. I'm curious to see why you chose to place your addition there? After reading the first section of the article a few times I was wondering if it might not flow better to place you addition at the end of the 3rd paragraph instead? That paragraph subject revolves around describing the work General Idea did more so than the 2nd paragraph where you made you addition. Especially since in the last sentence of the 3rd paragraph their discussing audience reactions to General Idea's work it might be a great leeway into how General Idea had to tailor their work a bit because they were so ambiguous initially and it was creating a conflict between artist and audience. Super minor, I know, but figured I'd mention it! A.prdm93 (talk) 00:05, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

Hey @A.prdm93! I actually made that edit. The more I look at it, the more I agree with you. I think I wanted to initially mention they're ambiguity so readers would have that in mind as they read the rest of the article. I will move it! Thanks for your help! Parbhar95 (talk) 04:37, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

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