Talk:Ron Athey

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Let's get more hands on deck for this one!

Let's get more people involved with Ron Athey's entry. With so little coverage of his art in US print media, this is a perfect opportunity to get detailed and accurate information on this important contemporary artist! I've put in a separate section for the NEA controversy, and hope to see more writing from folks about his actual art practice! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Judyholliday (talk • contribs) 14:32, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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This article needs general copy-editing as well as editing for content/biased language. 64.72.143.190 18:10, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Last edited at 18:10, 18 January 2007 (UTC). Substituted at 04:50, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Working on improving this biography

Reviving the project of making this a useful and accurate entry. I'm a performance studies scholar (Jennifer Doyle), and have published on Athey's work. (Hold It Against Me: Difficulty and Emotion in Contemporary Art) My editing skills are a little rusty. Am drawing work/life information from published work (Dominic Johnson, especially).

This is still just a sketch. Judyholliday (talk) 01:48, 6 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to overhaul the NEA section: it is too centered on the now completely discredited narrative — I think this can be dealt with more economically, with more attention paid to the long-term consequences of that episode, and how it shaped reception of his work? Judyholliday (talk) 02:17, 8 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Missing: a section on tattoos, piercing, bodywork. Situating Ron in relation to Fakir Musafar, Bob Flanagan. Locating RA in relation to Aktionism and other contexts. That might make its own section? "Contexts?"

(Also: Just nosing around I can see that Sheree Rose's page needs attention!)Judyholliday (talk) 17:00, 8 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]