rehASHED

An extension of thoughts on Zhang Huans "Blessings"

Almost 24hrs. after my near fatal mistake at Pace Wildenstein...see: "Paradise lost" blog, some thoughts begin to surface about the artwork showcased.
I just arrived back home after a rainy treck down to Madison Square Park and my memory flips back to the giant SpeedRacer add on the side of a building on 23rd and Park Ave.south.
What am I to think about "Blessings" as a piece of work worth risking my potential career over?
(My advance apologies for playing critic)
What in retrospect do I find impressive about "Blessings"?
It is not the scale of the piece or the artists involved considering the Speedracer add just mentioned is at the very least 5x's its size as well as the execution process being more risky/difficult.(I believe it took less time to complete as well)
Could it be the ashes used?... No, the technique has been done before.
How about the imagery? Taken from a photo, also there is much background space in the image area that is relatively easy to manipulate.
It must be the context in which it is placed.
Just as angels in the snow have been done but set in this context, it would have been... well,... not so great as to risk loosing any time doing my own work.
I guess this is how I feel about "Blessings" in general and much contemporary art on the whole, but I do like the implications of mass participation towards a larger than ego project or projects, see: Blog "Possible/Probable".

Not to beat a dead horse but in retrospect, I am very happy that fate did not pull me into the ash.

WB-2008