Well said, Bob. Thank you .
On 7/2/05, Bob Blakely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Oh Gawd! I'm so tired of all this "what is a good photo, what is a bad
> photo" shit! Who the frig cares! If you like it, enjoy it! If you don't like
> it, don't buy it! That's the way I approach cameras, motorcycles, booze,
> wallpaper - everything. As to "what sells" being the judge of art, what a
> crock! On the walls of my company's offices there is "art." It's purpose is
> to break up the monotony of blank walls without drawing interest or
> attention to itself and without offending anybody. It serves it's purpose
> very well, so the crap sells like mad! My boss purchases the stuff by
> calling a local office supply store and saying, "Bring in some art to break
> up the monotony of the offices, Yeah, about 2'x3' for the smaller offices
> and perhaps about 3'x4' for the larger offices. Nah, just send the abstract
> stuff." Offices everywhere have this insipid crap. It sells. Does that make
> it good? Noo. On the other hand, Michelangelo's "David" opened to bad
> reviews because "it wasn't this and it wasn't that." For those who still
> think that the marketplace should determine what is good art, I have just
> two words - Andy Warhol.
>
> You want something that sells and a good marketing strategy? Take photos of
> nekkid tits, blow 'um up to 8x10 glossy. Stand on any corner near a junior
> high and hawk 'um to trans pubescent, pimple faced boys for a few $ a pop.
>
> Regards,
> Bob...
> -
> "The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose
> as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers
> with the smallest possible amount of hissing."
> - Jean-Baptiste Colbert,
>minister of finance to French King Louis XIV
>
>
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