Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 9:49 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] Crap-o-la > > I realize that I'm pontificating on quick sand here, but I do think there's > a difference between pandering to the "masses," who presumably think those > Keene paintings of big-eyed kids are high art, and producing art whose > meaning can be understood by someone who gives it some thought. I think the problem fo rme in what you are saying is this reliance on 'some thought'. How much, for example? At what level? I'm a great love rof the music of Schoenberg. Others say it is 'incomprehensible'. it isn't at all, it just needs a certain kind of thinking. However, this doesn't negate what you are saying about artists relying on theory to back up poorly thought out work. PJ and Street photography for me fulfil the essential criteria for art in that the viewer is transformed in someway - the photograph makes you see the world in a new way. BTW I'm currently doing a PhD in aesthetics so I'm reading this thread with great interest!! Julian