I saw the Pawn Stars show where they couldn't/wouldn't sell a religious relic because the papal authority banned selling them. I suppose that's about as close as one can get to something that can't be monetized through coercion and threats of damnation, etc.
I have to admit that sometimes I would give away my art if I could also have the power to send the recipient to damnation. wc ----- Original Message ---- From: joseph berg <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, November 16, 2010 11:46:50 AM Subject: Re: Can art exist without authority? On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 5:50 AM, William Conger <[email protected]>wrote: > Yep. But power can get by a long time without consensus because it has > coercion > and punishment. > > Hey, this is interesting. When does art (the objectified quality) have > power to > enforce consensus re its quality? > wc > When art authorities (e.g., critics, curators, connoisseurs) don't sell out and jump on the commercialism bandwagon.
