Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If one of the objectives is art is provoke and spawn discussion, I think in this case it worked. Is it good art, lasting art, significant art or inspired art? Probably not. But hey, it certainly got people to sit up and respond. And maybe, just maybe, someone will get pissed off enough to go out and do something more timeless, just to "prove" a point. The means may be suspect, but if the effect is energize -- negatively or positivly -- then the end is perhaps justified. I went to art school way back when. I can remember a class where the prof projected a series of abstract paintings. The class critiqued the artist's colour choice, debated whether certain images exhibited more "energy" or "tension" than others. After the debate was over, the prof then revealed that all the paintings had been painted by chimpanzes. Along with being really teed off that we had been "had", it certainly made some of us stop and think about what "art" was. I still don't know, really. There is no answer other than the answer from future generations. Mozart 200+ years later is still incrediable. This guy will be gone, just a "phootnote".... But it's nice to see photography debates along with single malt discussions ;-) - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html