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GeorgeRodart (unregistered) wrote, in
response to John Link:
Speculation on the future is full of traps and a major
one is the assumption
that 'you're right' and everyone else is wrong b
we'll maybe but it's
statistically unlikely. Many of the arguments here rely
on this kind assumption.
The problem is that once an artist or style enters
in history the viewing
audience may change their opinions about the works
over time. But the new
audiences will only be experiencing this changing
fashion or taste b it is
highly unlikely the works will be discarded, maybe
they wont be exhibited but
they will be in storage somewhere.
Once artists
and objects enter history they are difficult to dislodge b even
more
difficult, greater with passing time, is the insertion of someone into
history after the fact. There's too much happening and history refines things
down by removal.
I'd rather have a Warhol than an Olitiski (to look at) but
I would suggest these
two artists are in the historical flow and over time
subject to reevaluation of
their importance.
Once something is in history
it changes the possible path for the future b it
exists as a model for
future artists in a way which we cannot see today. Best to
just make peace
with it.
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John Link wrote:
In a funny way, I can contradict
myself. I believe that, in 500 years, assuming
there still is a civilization
of human beings then, the stuff that depends
utterly upon the temper of our
time, like Warhol and Duchamp, and offers little
else, will not be held in
high esteem. But I am not quite certain. It is hard to
be sure in the face of
50 years of "success". I am more certain prices will drop
(adjust), but the
relative dominance of those now dominant may just continue.
Perhaps it will
take the form of: "In the great decline of the 20th and 21st
centuries,
Warhol and Duchamp led the way, with many imitators following. In the
interest of history we have a few examples in our collection. Qualified
scholars
may contact our registrar to view them."
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