Nils Lou on mon 4 jul 11
overheard from sanitation worker on viewing large mural (public art)
in brooklyn: "art is to whom likes it!"
--nils
Kathy Forer on mon 4 jul 11
On Jul 4, 2011, at 1:41 PM, Nils Lou wrote:
> overheard from sanitation worker on viewing large mural (public art)
> in brooklyn: "art is to whom likes it!"
> --nils
A computer scientist friend said "everything is either art or science."
Kathy
Carl Cravens on mon 4 jul 11
That's actually a lot of what attracts me to pottery... I love the process =
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and technical aspects a much as the finished product. (Whether I call it ar=
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t or not.)
It's the one "artistic" process that came naturally to me... I =3D
can't draw a straight line to save my life, I can't sculpt, etc. But the cl=
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ay moving under my hands on the wheel was like magic... it was "natural" th=
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e way no other artistic medium ever was before. And it doesn't hurt that I =
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prefer practical craft... I'm also a woodworker, I like making useful thing=
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s.
That functional pottery leaves room for artistic expression is a bonus =3D
to me... I'm not sure I'm willing to call any of my work "real" art yet. Bu=
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t that's okay... it's still functional and nice to look at.
Do I don't rea=3D
lly care how we define "art"... so long as the definition isn't used to div=
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ide between "us" and "them". I've seen such definitions used to condemn the=
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competition... "They aren't a real artist, they don't deserve to be sellin=
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g more work than I do." It was over such that I unsubscribed from clayart l=
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ast time.
For me, art is that which I am pointing at when I say, "That is =3D
art." Or to put it another way, "I know art when I see it." Personally, I d=
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on't think it can be pinned down to objective criteria. But I do think subj=
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ective critique is valuable... it creates a framework for discussion of the=
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work, even if that framework is subjective.
Kathy Forer =3D
wrote:
On Jul 4, 2011, at 1:41 PM, Nils Lou wrote:
> overheard from sanit=3D
ation worker on viewing large mural (public art)
> in brooklyn: "art is to =3D
whom likes it!"
> --nils
A computer scientist friend said "everything is e=3D
ither art or science."
Kathy
Sean Burns on tue 5 jul 11
Art is the coat of varnish I just put on the 1930 guitar that I am rehabi=
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ng
Art is the group of kids who I got crazy with yesterday at camp doing c=
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lay
Art is the kiln that I am supervising installation of Thursday at my hi=
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gh school
Art is the post and beam kiln shed that I traded for a mandolin last mo=
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nth
Art is making something from nothing
Art is using what you have and building on it
What kills art is to much discussion about what it is - those that do- =
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know-=3D20
those that "dont know what they like".
What kills art is creating boundaries that exclude
What kills art is extreme politics
This culture wants artists to be specialized
This culture is looking for stars
This culture cant get away from name recognition and status s=
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ymbol
Art does not make you a good person thought it can lead the way
The best artists are sometimes the most terrible humans- many are=3D20
megalomaniacs................ they have to be.
regards,
Sean Burns
Willaimsburg,=
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Ma.
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The question is - What are you trying to do with art?
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