Re: Crappy Art Snobs

Man stick it to em Trevor!

"...if I ever have > a show, I'll be the first person to kick my own
ass...screw the rest of the world, I'm doing this for me."

I'm submitting that to the Bathroom Reader :)

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On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 11:33:32 +1300, Kate M <kateb@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> Right on, Trevor!!!
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: trevor cunningham [mailto:tr_cunningham@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, 5 January 2005 11:17 a.m.
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: Crappy Art Snobs
> 
> I used to have a roommate in Oregon who was a
> furniture artist.  The man did absolutely bizarre
> whacked out cartoonish stuff that was remarkably
> functional.  This is an understatement, the man's
> carpentry work was beautiful and damn near
> flawless....slides that flowed like water.  I had a
> discussion with him about the cost of art, hence the
> school of "what is" and "what isn't" art.  Our
> agreement was that art has no cost other than the
> creator's time and materials...anything else is
> completely removed and has no bearing on the reality
> of the piece.  I revisit a wonderful show on the BBC
> called "Faking It".  watch when you get a chance, the
> art world is f'd...I'm about to go out tomorrow and
> drop $1200 on an Arca Swiss 5x7 for the sole purpose
> of having big negs for big prints and quality
> materials to do contact printing with...if I ever have
> a show, I'll be the first person to kick my own
> ass...screw the rest of the world, I'm doing this for me.
> 
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