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A fun, suspenseful ride Feb 15, 2009
By P. Smith
This is a fun read -- a good mystery interwoven with a crash course in art history and contemporary art. If you're in the art world, you will enjoy the insider references. The main character is quirky and well defined, and there are other over-the-top characters that you won't soon forget. Give this one a try!
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Art World in a Painter's Eye Mar 26, 2009
By ec
Lately there have been a spate of art world books--including Seven Days in the Artworld, Marsha Tucker's autobiography and now, Mery Lynn McCorkle's Last Judgment. What a treat this read is! In 245 pages we learn a painter's deepest concerns, which include the skinny on gallery and curatorial interactions, teaching art, professional ethics, rivalrous relationships and overall, the day-to-day experience of a life lived through art. Susan is a savvy, wry and sharp-eyed guide. Enthralled by her acumen, I read Last Judgment in two sittings, relishing the insider references set in 1990s and '00s New York as well as Susan's dogged commitment to integrity. As the plot unfolds like Michelangelo's great opus, gems of truth spill forth, skillfully balance art's fictions and facts. A great read that feels like listening, rapt, to an unbelievable tale from someone you've just met and like a lot.
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Hard to Put Down Mar 26, 2009
By Dawn, Working Artist
Just finished Last Judgement. I thought it was a hard-to-put-down-so-I-can-make-my-own-work novel, which expresses a knowledgeable appreciation for art and artists and delves into the sometimes painful reality of life inside the art world. Good development of nasty characters who receive their dramatic due except for the terrible Tiff.-----is she going to be dispensed with in the next novel or transformed into.........?
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Clarity in an Opaque Art World Mar 23, 2009
By HollywoodReader
This is rare, a book that instructs the non-art audience in art appreciation, deconstructs myths regarding what working artists must do for survival, and demonstrates how things sometimes work in this opaque unregulated universe. It is funny and horrifying to watch how big art purchasing money affects the characters. What is most mystifying is trying to make out the motives of a collector who spends fortunes on art, yet does not know what is in his own collection. It is a bit of a twisted tale. Hard truths are tempered with a sense of humor, and even tragedy (depending on what you consider tragedy) can evoke a good laugh. Great read.
must read for anyone in the art world Feb 25, 2010
By reading in CT
I LOVED, The Last Judgement.The protagonist is a 52 yr old woman: dumpy but brilliant (smart ass) art world insider. Her personal sacrifices for the sake of living in the rarified air of the art world are hysterical, but will funnily ring true to anyone who is or knows "real" artists. Her almost perverted adoration of great art leads her into trouble with the sleazy mega art collector who employs her. Hypocrisy is revealed, but at the same time the worthiness of great art to truly elevate the human condition. I loved the rapturous descriptions of great historical art, like an endless afternoon at The Frick. But reality intervenes in the form of vicious , narcissistic supermodels. Without giving the end away, let's just say Quentin Tarantino couldn't have done better. The book provides many chuckles.
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