Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am certainly no authority and I have not taken any offence whatsoever either*. I appreciate you posting and was just disagreeing with you, or, more correctly, your opinion as stated. I only wish I could say that I am usually right but my wife, who knows all, assures me this is seldom the case. Cheers, John * I even find those "ITS S**T" posts from "them that shall remain nameless" to be disarmingly charming. Ignorance and intolerance right in my back yard. Gosh life is grand! > From: Nick Poole <nick.botton@camphill.org.uk> > >> Please forgive me selectively quoting your post. >> >> You seem to be implying that to be art it has to have a "positive" spin on >> it. I cannot believe that you actually think this. You would thus exclude >> Pablo Picasso's "Guernica" and I could go on for many many hours listing art >> works from all time periods that do not elevate the human spirit as you seem >> to say they should. >> >> John Collier >> > Yes, John, you're absolutely right, it's a minefield and mine is not > a well-informed or authoritative voice. But many people see Picasso's > 'Guernica' as more than just its subject matter, horrific though it > is. I have to say I see much beauty in it, but again, I am being as > subjective here as I was in my earlier post. > > Essentially, I do not think one can criticise the personal tastes of > others, but I do feel that art is more than social commentary and > that it does have dimensions that were not being considered in the > thread. But who would dare hazard a definition of art!! I just wanted > to broaden the discussion. Sorry if it offended anyone. > Nick