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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 / 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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