But you - pointed out just recently these collections (acts of preservation) are nothing but the vain machinations of the rich, as realized by their lackeys: the curators of institutions who preserve most things you think are not worthy of preservation while denigrating the sentimental academic tradition you identify with - can you sort this out for me.
PS. Much of the trans-generational and trans-cultural art we use, preserve and cherish is the result of looting and destroying the cultures and peoples who produced them - seeming we would rather use, preserve and cherish artifacts, rather than the communities that produced them. On 5/2/09 8:43 AM, "Chris Miller" <[email protected]> wrote: There are many ways in which our civilization is acting irresponsibly (ego-centrically?) regarding the planet and the cultures that it has inherited -- but preserving/cherishing/using transgenerational and transcultural art is not one of them. -- ____________________________________________ Saul Ostrow | Visual Arts & Technologies Environment Chair, Sculpture Voice: 216-421-7927 | [email protected] | www.cia.edu<http://www.cia.edu/> The Cleveland Institute of Art | 11141 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44106
