[TheForge] Art, doncha know....

[Ron Childers]

You are right about the herd- the masses are asses. A crucifix in a toilet
and dung smeared on a photo of the Virgin Mary is not art and anyone who
thinks so is a moron. So what if that sort of lunacy provokes debate and
conversion among pseudo-intellectuals? 

The city fathers of a small town in South Georgia wanted some culture, so
they commissioned a "sculptor" who did nothing more than dump a truck load
of big rocks on the court house lawn and hauled ass with the $$ he was paid
in advance. They knew right away they were had and paid to have them taken
to the big red rock eater.

At least they corrected their mistake without any big hullabaloo. Kinda hard
to find morons in small Georgia towns; they must shoot 'em.

Ron C

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of George Dixon
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 9:03 AM
To: Sponsored by ABANA
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Art, doncha know....




> one mans moon beam is another mans masterpiece.   Ah..the self- 
> esteem movement strikes again.

I trust you have heard the cautionary tale 'The Emperor's New  
Clothes'.....

A story of a scam set against the shallowness of art-speak and vanity  
in which only a child (unaffected by the foolish fawning adults)  
stated the obvious, "the Emperor has no clothes on at all".

So long as the herd follows and enough vacuous adjectives are  
used.....it'll be art.

The "strongest defenses" of the current deficiencies in art here have  
been emotional or vague...or tied to a rare exception.   Egos are so  
fragile, eh?
As I said earlier, there are those who have an investment in the  
status-quo and there are those who care more about being 'known as an  
artist' than they are about what they produce.

Bottom line, good art does not need explanatory titles, superfluous  
adjectives or...any defense at all.
Nor does it need a gimmick to make it 'new'.  "Modern art" depends on  
all of that...and fawning adults with no enlightened kiddies in the  
room....to survive.

Get into the shop and prove me wrong....


Hah,
George Dixon
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