Mando, I am speaking as a collector (even if I'm only collecting images for my websites)
And as a collector - I consider the "essence or symbolic meaning" to be my personal reaction - the result of my personal tastes. So I don't hesitate to separate a piece from whatever "essence or symbolic" meaning it may have had back when it was made -- whether it was made for Nazis, or Spanish Inquisitors, or Chinese emperors, or Mayan kings. (and I'm doubting that "essence or symbolic meaning" exists outside of some person's personal taste -- so whatever the great art patron, Adolph Hitler, thought about the essence of a Kolbe statue, it's no more right or wrong than what I think about it) While, yes, Mando, you are speaking as an artist --or more specifically, a professional artist who is making things to fit the taste of others (patrons or art directors or editors or curators etc)-- and that's why you need to have a very clear idea of what "essence or symbolic meaning" is required -- an idea so clear that it seems to you to exist outside your personal taste. **************************************************** Chris, I'm speaking as an artist creating something, not a collector. When the object is altered, as in doing many sketches of a human, the essence and It's symbolism remain intact. Taste is like beauty, a very personal thing with individuals or groups of individuals. mando mando wrote "In art,Taste, though personal in style is when the object is altered, but It's essence or it's symbolic meaning remains intact. _____________________________________________________________ Get your dream car or truck. Click here. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2211/fc/Ioyw6ijmy2b4ynxvkbuqdFzRV0ODne s5NKkbjifQE5T90JlerFXbTm/
