I think it's important not to under-analyze an artist like Ward. Sure he feigns ignorance of the avant garde and has succeeded in convincing us that his preferred medium is the "point & shoot". Those of us with a keen eye can read between the lines --- to produce even a small segment of one of his films would require a Koonsian/Warholian team of "factory" workers behind the scenes. You thought that finger in front of the lens was an accident? As the saying goes --- fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice...
I think it's important not to under-analyze an artist like Ward. Sure he feigns ignorance of the avant garde and has succeeded in convincing us that his preferred medium is the "point & shoot". Those of us with a keen eye can read between the lines --- to produce even a small segment of one of his films would require a Koonsian/Warholian team of "factory" workers behind the scenes. You thought that finger in front of the lens was an accident? As the saying goes --- fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice...
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