From: Cactus Cowboy (cactus@tritel.net)
Date: 02/18/02-09:34:28 PM Z
Greetings from Big Wonderful Wyoming,
An interesting subject, thanks for bringing it up George. IMO, one should
not need an advanced degree in art history to understand or appreciate fine
art and photography.
The Billings Gazette, February 17, 2002, published a column by Dave Barry
under the headline "'Trash Art' in beholder's eye". Barry writes about the
Turner Prize, a "much-publicized prize awarded annually to a British
artist". The winner for 2001 was Martin Creed, whose entry was entitled:
"The Lights Going On and Off". This so-called artwork consists of lights
going on and off in a vacant room. Barry writes: "In other words, this guy
got 20,000 pounds for demonstrating the same artistic talent as a defective
circuit breaker", and "Frankly, I admire Martin Creed. He can do whatever
he wants, and the critics will declare that it's art, especially if it
annoys normal people".
Link to Barry's column:
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/dave_barry/2679614.ht
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Enjoy.
Best regards,
Dave Rose
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Huczek" <ghuczek@sk.sympatico.ca>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Cc: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: Book by Christopher James
> At 03:57 PM 08/02/2002 -0500, Sandy King wrote:
> The Book of Alternative Photographic
> >Processes (or I would call it the book of *some* alternative
> >photographic processes and lots of relatively unsharp images made
> >with a plastic camera).
> >
> I'm glad that you are not the only one who found many of the images in the
> book to be disappointing! I don't mind seeing nice work done using any
> technique -- and there are a few nice pictures in the book made with
> pinhole cameras and Holgas I will admit -- but I am of the opinion that
it
> would have been better to include more "straight" images. There are a
> small number of nice ziatypes, but not enough balance showing good
> photography. My bias is towards less experimental work that can be
> understood by looking at it instead of by reading the caption which states
> what the artist was trying to achieve.
>
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Huczek" <ghuczek@sk.sympatico.ca>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 8:26 AM
Subject: Re: Book by Christopher James
> At 09:57 PM 08/02/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> What is so great about straight if you quickly and completely understand
> what you're looking at? Where's the fun, the mystery, the moment of
> wonder and suspense? Is this the list of straight alternative processes
> or ???
> ::::::::::
>
> I knew I would get some flak over my comments. I would have preferred a
> better balance between the traditional and the avant guarde, that's all.
>
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