RE: 'And no, Derek, whatever it is you just thought of, don't say it."

LOL as they say.

DA


On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 2:34 AM,  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  A print is the work of art. The block is   a preliminary-it isn't finished.
> So the   print   work of art is   not a replica, not a copy, and each print
> stands on its own as a work of art. Anyone who has ever sat with a   folder of
> great prints   knows or learns at the time   about their restricted
> exhibition,
> their cultural value-they   certainly have an "aura".   They even get special
> paper,in some cases made for them in particular.
>
>   "...For the first time in the process of pictorial reproduction,
> photography freed the hand of the most important artistic functions
> which henceforth devolved only upon the eye looking into a lens...."
>
> Oh,fooey.   When was this written? On H German the other day they   were
> reviewing something which was partly about Benjamin's drug experimentation.
> The
> experimentation seemed to be around the time of inventing the aura.   And no,
> Derek, whatever it is you just thought of, don't say it.
> KAte Sullivan
>
>
>
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Derek Allan
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