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Rothko's appetite suppressant sauced up | 25 comments (25 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
Re: Rothko's appetite suppressant sauced up (4.00 / 2)
heh, it reminds me of some talking head business leader i heard in the background on da toob today saying: 'the idea is to get maximum market share without anyone realising it'

softly softly...

i used to massage a famous modern artist, lauded internationally, exhibiting and lecturing all over.

i always wondered if some of his tension came from having to go out and 'dress the emperor' as a paying gig on a regular basis, when he wasn't winning prizes for smearing stuff onto other stuff.

it was enlightening seeing the gilded cage of 'successful identity' up so close. i lacked the necessary talents to do much for him, regrettably, though his kind wife wanted it to work so badly so i chipped away notwithstanding my obvious inability to achieve my goal.

the adoring gullibility of unthinking fans never ceases to amaze, a visceral clutch for meaning, a rescue from the mortal fear of missing some cultural bus, getting left behind to drown in clueless insignificance.

so human!

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Tue Oct 9th, 2012 at 05:11:32 PM EST
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Re: Rothko's appetite suppressant sauced up (4.00 / 7)
Both collectors and some parts of the public seem to have a need to find people who embody the ideal of the The Artist.

The work doesn't have to be outstanding - it just needs to believable enough to fill the niche.

Problem is, a lot of contemporary art has become an exercise in verbal self-justification and marketing rather than an exercise in visual creativity.

I guess art school doesn't really explain that Show Don't Tell thing any more.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Tue Oct 9th, 2012 at 05:44:33 PM EST
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Re: Rothko's appetite suppressant sauced up (none / 0)
true...

we got the galleries, the drivel review spouters, the PR machine, the gear, now all that's left is to find people who do something real, and if we can't do that we'll shove joe bloggs through the grinder and we'll have to pretend that's what we needed/wanted.

scruffy tent or formaldehyde shark, it's all good, if we can move the merch...

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Wed Oct 10th, 2012 at 08:18:36 AM EST
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Rothko's appetite suppressant sauced up | 25 comments (25 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
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