- I have generally found that persons who had studied *painting* least were the best judges of it.
William Hogarth (1761) On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 6:59 PM, joseph berg <[email protected]> wrote: > By examining their qualifications? > > > On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 7:48 AM, Chris Miller > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> How such experts should be selected? >> >> Historically -- at least in Chicago -- the jury for national shows once >> consisted of those artists whose work had been selected for national shows >> in >> previous years. This of course, would tend to entrench older styles >> rather >> than introduce new ones -- and the artists were eventually replaced by >> museum >> professionals. >> >> Today, of course, it is galleries rather than artists who are juried into >> the >> major national shows - so expertise concerns marketability - while museum >> exhibits are juried by professional curators who are qualified by academic >> and >> institutional achievement. (ie., first they must have a degree, then they >> must >> rise within the ranks of an institution) >> >> But what do you think, Boris? >> >> How do you think that competent people with discerning taste and knowledge >> can >> best be identified ? >> >> >> >> >> >I meant a majority within experts, who are few. >> (competent people with discerning taste and knowledge.) >> Boris Shoshensky >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> Click for free info on discount teaching degrees programs. >> >> http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/PnY6rc2QhT4NIEEwpeYqEIJ3qQMAwU >> zDMbvvAsCHWtKETtLMOYxHO/
