No one can intentionally make an artwork. One can make something that looks, sounds, reads like art or one can try to propose something as an artwork, but the naming of something as an bonafide artwork is a social approbation that can't be fully controlled or even predicted. Each real artwork is a once and never again event or experience, unique and inimitable. That's why it always fails when someone "imitates" art to supposedly achieve its same expressive quality. It's fine to imitate the structure or narrative but that in itself will not do the trick. This is the opposite of what Reynolds told his Royal Academy students. He said one should imitate the spirit, not the style.
WC --- On Mon, 9/1/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Inspirations and intentions > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] > Date: Monday, September 1, 2008, 7:03 PM > In a message dated 9/1/08 7:35:11 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > writes: > > > > much money has been made by someone intending to cash > in on > > something that was a big "hit" by producing > something intended to be like > > the "hit". > > > > Or you might feel you could do that better. I don't > know whether that is > acceptable as inspiration but it certainly happened. > Kate Sullivan > > > ************** > It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. > Find your travel deal here. > > (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047)
