WOW I didn't expect to generate so much discussion with that quote! Donald Kuspit has a critique of Duchamp in his book, "The New Subjectivism" -- I can't find it right now, but I remember reading it a long while ago.... he had a great critique of Warhol also....
I haven't read his new book yet, "The End of Art" -- Ha! There's been a whole slew of these books the last couple years, Danto's "After the End of Art" and Robert Morgan's "The End of the Art World" George Machinuas (and others) spoke openly and hopefully about the end of art, his stated intention in Fluxus was to destroy the difference between art and life... it was part of his vision of an ideal society... More recently there's been some talk of the merging or lack of division between fine art and popular art. It seemed radical at first, but now I think of it as more the mass commercialization of art. "Popular art" is taken too much to mean the mainstream culture created by corporations: movies, pop music, fashion, etc. Here in New York, you see so much art being merged with advertising. A while ago the Guggenheim had a show of Harley motorcycles, and Artforum was writing about Benneton sweater ads. I can't help but to feel cynical about it all. - T --- In [email protected], guido bondioli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > the funny thing about duchamp is that he made his > > most memorable work > > as a response of being denied to an exhibit, an art > > show. > As he wasn't capable of making Art, lacking an > appropriate skill set, he was appropriately denied. > Regardless he made quite a few artifacts that > represent his place and time quite well. I am reminded > of the film, The Gods Must Be crazy. Much of what he > did was only antisocial and had no larger context. > > > > he had no problem in having his work documented, > > presented, and > > pandered about by the art world. go to philadelphia > > PA USA and see it. > Finding a Duchamp in a museum only suggests that it is > an artifact. Most of what we find in museums is only > artifacts. Very little is Art. Seeing Duchamp's work > in museums proves little about Duchamp and much about > the poor quality of art education and the knowledge of > curators. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/rkgkPB/UOnJAA/Zx0JAA/fuDrlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mailinglist from Sztuka Fabryka http://www.sztuka-fabryka.be/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ma-network/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
