Posturing.... Hmmmm.
mando
On Nov 14, 2009, at 2:39 PM, William Conger wrote:
I think it's much more complicated than this simple assumption that
all curators choose according to their own tastes, even if they
have them. It may not be possible to disentangle all the
influences and coercions involved. The silent question is "What
should I choose?" and it may override, "What can I choose?" Who is
really free from these kinds of judgments, excepting of course,
those who never need to make public choices?
Frankly, I think all this posturing about the freedom and purity of
the artist in creative choices and imaginative range is a lot of
BS. It only reinforces the silly and cartoony sentimentalist
romanticism of the artists and further estranges the artist from
society and its serious undertakings. Scientists rarely indulge in
such pretensions, and neither do professionals in other fields.
wc
----- Original Message ----
From: armando baeza <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: armando baeza <[email protected]>
Sent: Sat, November 14, 2009 3:18:06 PM
Subject: Re: Question for Mando
If one becomes a curator, the work invariably reflects the one's
personal taste. The expertise quality only means that the choices
they may make are broader between two aesthetically subjective
points, what do you think?
mando
On Nov 14, 2009, at 10:45 AM, Chris Miller wrote:
What about the other part of my question, Mando?
Do you think it requires any kind of expertise to curate exhibits
in an art
museum, and if so, how can that expertise be determined?
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My original feeling from day one, is that teachers get in the way of
creativity, specially those with the most success. Perhaps true
philosophers
in aesthetics would make better teachers of art.
The area where, in aesthetics, all art exists,regardless of taste.
Where we
all perceive the essence of all things, individually differently,
is a Gold
Mine ,Why would teachers want to direct that, in individual
creativity by
teaching the
successful path of others and discouraging one's individual taste.
I think art was never made to be taught or controlled be
anyone,except by the
freedom of each individual's will to make their own path.
mando
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