frank theriault wrote:
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 7:08 AM, Rob Studdert <distudio.p...@gmail.com> wrote:
On 19/05/2010, P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote:
Shaker furniture is still crafts, a high level of crafts but still crafts.
To call them art debases them. To display shaker furniture in glass cases
and not use it for their intended purpose misses the point. The original
makers would be appalled.
I wonder if Picasso would be thrilled or appalled to learn that a
single painting of his making fetched a cool $A116.2 million,<snip>
He'd be appalled that ~he~ didn't make that profit...
;-)
cheers,
frank
I think you are right, Frank :-)
ann (really had quite enough "is it Art'" discussions for a life time
back in the 70's)
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