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Rothko's appetite suppressant sauced up | 25 comments (25 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
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Good to see you here again, Ted!

Yeah, the Four Seasons set would make anyone think of drowning in shit rather than having a good meal. I suppose repaying the advance was the Right Thing To Do, but it might have been fun to sabotage the swanky restaurant decor while taking their money.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Oct 9th, 2012 at 01:58:41 AM EST
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But such works wouldn't have been seen as "sabotage" - the smart set would have congratulated themselves for being aware of the correct theory to enable them to "see" these as not just as Art, but the latest correct tendency; Clement Greenberg and Harold Rosenberg were smart propagandists.

Yesterday I re-read Tom Wolfe's "The Painted Word", very funny and so true, I think I might do a LQD of some of the best bits, e.g.:

"What I saw before me was the critic-in-chief of the NYT saying: In looking at a painting today "to lack a persuasive theory is to lack something crucial." I read it again. It didn't say "something helpful" or "enriching" or even "extremely valuable"." No, the word was CRUCIAL.

In short, frankly, these days, without a theory to go with it, I can't see a painting.

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I had gotten it backward all along. Not "seeing is believing," you ninny, but "believing is seeing," for Modern Art has become completely literary: the paintings and other works exist only to illustrate the text." (of Greenberg, Rosenberg et al, TW).

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.

by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Tue Oct 9th, 2012 at 03:37:11 PM EST
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That's good.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Oct 9th, 2012 at 03:47:34 PM EST
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Ted:
I think I might do a LQD
Will wonders never cease?

I distribute. You re-distribute. He gives your hard-earned money to lazy scroungers. -- JakeS
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Oct 10th, 2012 at 02:04:50 AM EST
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Rothko's appetite suppressant sauced up | 25 comments (25 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
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