pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET on wed 30 jun 04
Hi Maurice,
Sounds like 'Canaday' might have been somewhat allright
then...
His mention, which you mention, which I now mention, of...
> "The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is a war between
architecture and
> painting in which both come out badly maimed."
Is nice to hear...(well. nice-to-'read'.)
Or that they in their way consumated some example of a
'marriage' with or without a subsequent product of their
union...
But it may be, that Canaday had not noticed, that thay were
both 'badly maimed' before their conflict with
one-another...or, in some cases, had been so, from
'birth'...(exhuberent 'tongs'? Or immodest or imprident
coupleings - conceptions? or misfortune-attended
gestations?...sometimes hard to guess...)
But anyway...
Good for him...
Phil
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Maurice Weitman"
> Welcome back, Malcolm,
>
> I guess your resurfacing will put to rest the rumors that
you and
> Ababi were really the same person playing good potter/evil
potter.
>
> Context is everything. Your seeming non sequitur message
today might
> be taken as an explanation of why your "critical" (and in
some eyes,
> cruel) mentions of certain clayarters' works should not
result in
> their feelings being hurt or being insulted.
>
> Having been a New Yorker in the '60s, I have read and
learned from
> John Canaday.
>
> To paraphrase Senator Lloyd Benson, sir, you are no John
Canaday.
>
> And just because someone given credit for knowing
something about art
> has his words published does not mean they are worth much.
>
> John Canaday was noted for his acute, often cutting
remarks. Among
> his snippy quotes which time and history have not been
kind to is
> this:
>
> "The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is a war between
architecture and
> painting in which both come out badly maimed."
>
> It is a gift to be able to consider the source of
criticism. But
> saying that one should be thick-skinned enough to be
immune to being
> hurt by every moron saying hurtful things does not give
another the
> right to be cruel.
>
> Regards,
> Maurice
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