William wrote: "Your bitter laments about artists who deserve greater recognition and who were the "victims" of an evil cabal of museum curators, merchants., etc., are pointless and do nothing except solidify the cement around the lost artists in the their graves. Pity doesn't do a thing for revisionism."
I'm more concerned with the categorical neglect of genres than with specific artists -- and yes, I do think that if we're going to have a professional art academia, that club should be held responsible for such neglect, especially since it gives such lip service to cultural diversity. The hypocrisy is just too much to bear in silence. But I'm also doubting whether there's any point to having professional art scholarship at all -- since art loving civilizations seem to have done quite well without it until quite recently -- so I have no interest in trying to publish anything in a "noteworthy journal". (though,I am now publishing in a free city weekly) I'd much rather publish online -- where the results are freely accessible to everyone who has a modem. I don't have the time to work on every genre that interests me -- but so far --- regarding 20th C. figure sculpture, I've shown the work of 1,165 sculptors -- about 10% of which will only be found on the internet because I put them there -- and almost all of which would be very difficult to find unless grouped together, as I have done onto a single site that draws viewers from around the world. I've also begun to catalog the work of 20th C. Chicago painters, at the least the ones who joined my art club - and given many of them an internet presence beyond just the occasional painting in an auction. Is there anyone else on this list who has done anything --- even one thing -- to promote any obscure artists/poets/playwrights/novelists/musicians other than themselves ? (other, of course, than Cheerskep, who did that as a business) ____________________________________________________________ Save $15 on Flowers and Gifts from FTD! Shop now at http://offers.netzero.net/TGL1231/?u=http://www.ftd.com/17007
