PhotonTom@aol.com
Date: 09/03/02-10:45:08 AM Z
Just an extra thought.... "Calendar Artist" is used as an appelation, but
would the same using that apply it to Degas, Monet, Rembrandt or any of
dozens of other artists whose works have been "calendarized"? The fact that
something is found pleasing to the eye by many (oh God, the unwashed
masses!!) does not negate the validity of the work or its excellence... and
having works that are "edgy" does not automatically make them better.
Extreme sports, extreme arts. Some things, edgy or calendar are, frankly,
crap...some are not. I'd suggest that what is needed more that one spend
some time with a work... just as we may put up one of our own images on the
wall for a period to really get a good feel for how well it works. I've been
guilty of dashing through an exhibition and ready to evaluate it on the spot,
but I've also gone back to some several times and developed a real
appreciation for works that at first glance did not.
Cheers to all (new to this list...great sport)
Tom Crowe
Thomas Crowe Studios-Photographic Arts
Lost in East Tennessee
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