I'm ALL for the St. James Art Fair and all the money and people it drags down to my lovely neighborhood. I like the nice street lights, litter pick up, flowers, tree trimming, historical house plaques, and other things it pays for.

I don't like scarecrows or dream catchers or much of anything else there but there are some REAL artists that sell REAL art for prices that can be a lot cheaper than you would expect to find in a REAL gallery.

Let me tell you. Just because the crap at the Mag Bar is reactionary and cheap, doesn't make it any better...though it is to me a 100% valid alternative. Just like St. James, 95% of the unfair is shit. The reactionary and cheap and outsider aspects are their ONLY "merits".

I'm all for different though. I think the organic things like this that sprout up around big events are exciting and rich and real and only result in a net good for anyone involved in the official goings-on.

It is all a big shame, but many of you need to quit trashing St. James. Without it there would have never been an unfair. Der. You don't like it? Fine. Don't go. But thank your butts it was there to justify you dragging your shit out of your mom's basement and tossing it up against a chain link fence a block away from a few hundred thousand people. I mean, a real pessimist would see the Unfair as just a way for the mag bar to sell a few more PBRs to dirty hipsters than they normally would.

I'm looking forward to something else that is bigger and better to sprout up as a result of this. Maybe a map of private residences in the neighborhood that can host display and sell art for the weekend. A big group of Salons. Shit I think this sort of thing should be going on all the time if any of the underground outsider "artists" are actually serious about having their art seen. Other towns have this sort of thing already on a weekly or monthly basis.

I might actually make this happen...just so my Burgoo party at 1518 S. Third can be included. Any frustrated Old Louisville Artists who want to participate contact Moe Profane on facebook.

The crazy thing is that the 5% I like is different from the 5% you like, and grandma likes, and old Weird Harold, Uncle Slappy, Mr. Slim and Juanita likes. It all just adds to the intricate tapestry of flavors and tastes that make up America. What binds us all together is a love of crowds, scarce parking, capitalism, and port-a-johns.

Labels: Art Fair, artist, burgoo, Mag Bar, Old Louisville, outsider, reactionary, salon, St. James