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Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?]
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 11 Jan 2000 06:37:43 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> Although I agree with Kevin (how could I not, he's agreeing with me) I
> am honor bound to point out:
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> Kevin Salm wrote:
> > I prefer starving artists who have to work
> > a little bit at their trade and thus, create much better art.
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> that the starving artists I see on TV (you know, on those 1/2 hour ads
> and such) seem to produce mostly Elvis on velvet... :-) Not that there's
> anything wrong with that!
Interestingly, that's a case of your almighty market defining what art is
meritorious. When we get a black-velvet Rembrandt analogue, I'll concede it
as a good development--until then, I'm firmly in the corner of mixed-source
funding. The idea that an artist must "starve" to produce "better" art is
more than a little questionable--as is the idea that an artist hasn't
suffered before the NEA and the supposed "handouts" came along.
best,
LFB
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| (...) I certainly question it. Fortunately it's not what I've been saying. What I have an issue with is rather the artist who is not willing to suffer, but instead feels the world owes him funding as his due, for deigning to have decided to be an (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Although I agree with Kevin (how could I not, he's agreeing with me) I am honor bound to point out: (...) that the starving artists I see on TV (you know, on those 1/2 hour ads and such) seem to produce mostly Elvis on velvet... :-) Not that there's (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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