Paul Thanks for this. I have seen this particular cartoon, and some similar ones, before. It doesn't quite respond to what I said below, dealing as it does with the notion of "art" as commodity. It is a kind of short, cartoon version of the story of "The Emperor's New Clothes". It does however express the way I personally feel about the art business (for that is what it surely is today) in that the value of any piece often seems to be in inverse proportion to its artistic merit (if any) and reflects what only a few, select people define as "cutting edge" or important. Thereby sending its valuation through the roof, while other artists struggle to survive. In the longer term, art critics, dealers and writers (as well as the public) will assess things differently based on the cultural milieu of the time. After all, in 1930's Germany, Hitler and the Nazi Party became the de facto arbiters of taste condemning many artists and their work (in all the fields of artist endeavour) as "entartete Ku nst" (degenerate art) and confining their work to the bonfire and forcing the artists to comply or to flee. We now consider the work of these artists, musicians and writers as very important - maybe in a hundred years we will take a different view.
Cheers Peter Davidson Senior Curator of Minerals National Museums Collection Centre 242 West Granton Road Edinburgh EH5 1JA 00 44 131 247 4283 p.david...@nms.ac.uk -----Original Message----- From: Meteorite-list [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Paul Swartz via Meteorite-list Sent: 06 August 2014 16:36 To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Sculpture by Katie Paterson Here's an artistic take on that sentiment http://www.pinterest.com/pin/280419514268664191/ cheers paul swartz imca 5204 mpod web master (help! send pictures) > I have always believed that it one of the purposes of art (among many other > things) to challenge, shock and discomfort people and ideas by presenting the > familiar in a new and unfamiliar way - to make people rethink their ideas and > to challenge them to take stock of their old values. ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Discover the treasures of China's Ming dynasty at the National Museum of Scotland. Ming: The Golden Empire, 27 June-19 October 2014, www.nms.ac.uk/ming National Museums Scotland, Scottish Charity, No. SC 011130 This communication is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not the addressee please inform the sender and delete the email from your system. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of National Museums Scotland. This message is subject to the Data Protection Act 1998 and Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. No liability is accepted for any harm that may be caused to your systems or data by this message. ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
