hmmmm
posted by Sarah E. Smith at 6:32 PM
Sunday, April 30, 2006
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2 Comments:
I think my biggest problem is not that he is succeeding - money is money - but that he is not invested in the work. It's just something to do, and that devalues the art for me. The art world's acceptance of this doesn't bug me either - in some ways, I kind of like the petty little way in which they are lapping it up. I think that the best art involves some love or mastery...
Part of me just wants to give him the benefit of the doubt and think that he reallly does care, behind everything. Honestly, he probably does, but I *want* art to be meant, if that makes sense.
yeah, you've convinced me that the art world's willingness to follow his gimmick is worse than the gimmick itself. Like my dad used to ask - who is worse: the fool, or the fool that follows. haha oh.
we do rule for sticking to the blog.
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