Here's the article: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/10/arts/design/10sendak.html
To be accurate - Sendak's dichotomy is not artist/illustrator -- it's great artist/mere illustrator. I.e. -- it's "soul-touching greatness" as exemplified by "his heroes: Mozart, Keats, Blake, Melville and Dickinson" -- versus -- "mereness" -- as exemplified by himself and most of humanity. Is it really deluded of him to recognize -- and suffer for -- this difference ? Given that's been loaded up with the honors that accompanied a very successful career in publishing -- I admire his self-critical perspective. Of course -- it would help if he might amplify on what he found so great among those icons that he mentioned -- it's so hard to do that --- but since the difference seems obvious to me -- he needn't have. Perhaps -- some day -- some children's book illustrators will come along who deserve iconic recognition --(and perhaps they already have) I've seen some very good ones in the small gallery of children's book art in the basement of my museum -- but none are quite ready to challenge Utamaro or Rembrandt for space on a gallery wall. (and it would be tragic if they were that good -- and still spent their lives making pictures for children's books) ____________________________________________________________ Fashion Design Education - Click Here! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/Ioyw6ijndXCueyUZ46f7UZS0yztnHN ynarE2hmM2KEXxtTECbBD97O/
