Eleanora Eden on mon 20 oct 08
Go look at Robert Arneson, to start with. He definitely had
an activist thread in his work. There are many such fine
and respected artists. Surely I'm not the only one who remembers
when his sculpture of the murdered SF mayor Moscone was refused
space in the new Moscone Convention Center.
Eleanora
>If you are a "political artist," then I would say you are an oxymoron.
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>If an author of books (a word-artist) writes an opinion piece for the newspaper, is that article "art" because he/she used the same medium used for his/her art? Is this email of mine "art" because I'm using the same medium used by artist-writers, though less well-crafted?
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>My opinion: rarely can one create art and topical political opinion at the same time, and it requires that the design, craft and concept transcend the opinion expressed.
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>I know many would disagree....
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>Doug
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>> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:59:13 -0700
>> From: priddyclay@YAHOO.COM
>> Subject: Re: politics one more time
>> To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
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>> What if you ARE a political artist, how would that fit into Clayart?
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>> And I am just curious as to protocol, as I am not in that category in the slightest.
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>> Elizabeth Priddy
>> Beaufort, NC - USA
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