Gary Miller (gmphotos@earthlink.net)
Fri, 29 Jan 1999 21:29:30 -0800
Yes, art should always support an aesthethic reaction, I could not agree
with you more. It is a creation, whether your's or of someone else's and
therefore has a life of its own. Whether art is collected or at whatever
level the piece may be, it needs to move someone in some way. One purpose
for Art that I didn't mention before does deal with permance, like our
ability to marvel at ancient Greek statues or buildings. Art is a form of
history and adds another dimension to society. It is whatever the view
makes it and that seems to make it a necessary component of our lives.
GM
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Keller <keller@wvinter.net>
To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
<alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Date: Friday, January 29, 1999 6:55 PM
Subject: Archival necessity
>I have to grab hold of this one (and change the thread subject name, too).
>
>Yes, archivalness is spoken of more in photography than other media,
probably
>because of so many poorly processed amateur prints floating about, or
prints
>from days before anyone knew what all those chemicals did. But rest
assured, art
>critics and professionals know about problems with other art, from Turner
to
>Rothko. In the last 40 years there's been a lot of experimenting with
pigments
>that they've since discovered were not such good ideas.<g>
>
>But it's not because art is a commodity. I'm sure we've all had at one
time, or
>grew up with, mediocre "wall art" that was just there for the decor and
nobody
>cared if it died right on the wall, cause for $14.99 you could replace it.
My
>mother used to clip pictures of art out of magazines and stick them in
little
>frames; I'm sure that ritual is repeated all over the Western world, just
like
>hanging your high school graduation tassle off the mirror of your car.<g>
And we
>all know those tassles fade REAL fast.
>
>But when you buy "good art," you do want it to last. Not for the
investment, but
>because it's so good you want to enjoy it forever. I have kids and I've
started
>thinking about what I don't have from my parents, and what I'd like to
leave my
>kids, and good art is one of those things. Not just MY stuff, but stuff
I've
>bought or bartered. Nobody famous, but we like it, our kids are growing up
with
>it, and it would be nice if they wanted it in their homes as both fine art
and
>heirlooms.
>
>I've not paid so much for anything that it would kill me to lose it, but
I'm
>attached enough to some that it would be painful. When we had an exhibit at
>work, and I was asked to loan a couple of pieces (by a painter and
printmaker)
>for the show, I was very pleased that my kids immediately noticed the
missing
>art from the walls.
>
>
>
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