Daniel, Very well put. As an Art dealer since 1989 I could not agree more. A reproduction is not art. It is in the trade what we consider "decorative". Only. Best Regards, Carl Carl Esparza Meteoritemax -- Love & Life
---- Daniel Noyes via Meteorite-list <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Graham, Peter and All, > > I would agree that art can be a means to challenge existing concepts and > perceptions. I think the rub in this instance is the recasting of the > meteorite, nature's art, into its own image; a human generated meteorite > clone so to speak. To re-create it into something more removed from > itself would stretch the creative boundary. > If one were to melt down an original Remington bronze sculpture and > recast it as itself, does that really challenge artistic expression, and > how is that different that the cheap "after" versions that one can buy > that are imitations of the Remington original? Given the choice between > an original work of art and its imitation, I'll take the original every > time. I'm not saying there isn't some value in what Katie did, but I > think the genuine meteorite would be more worthy of a trip to the space > station... > > Best regards, > Daniel > > Daniel Noyes > Genuine Moon & Mars Meteorite Rocks > [email protected] > www.moonmarsrocks.com > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > > > > Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 20:40:22 +0100 > From: Graham Ensor <[email protected]> > To: Peter Davidson <[email protected]> > Cc: "Meteorite List \([email protected]\)" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] "Meteorite" Sculpture by Katie Paterson > Message-ID: > <cajkn+kyzojk+oqsty--esrnqyevjdklls0tzyww+nj+c9fr...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi Peter/allAs an artist myself working on more unusual projects with > the Arts Council trying to find new ways of expressing ideas...trying > to stretch the boundaries and asking "what is art?"...etc I find this > an interesting topic...I'm all for "art" doing what you say...but have > a slight conflict here, being a meteorite collector and using much of > what I know and see in meteoritics as inspiration for some of my own > projects....there are so many at the moment just making/doing "art" to > shock...and I don't really think that that is enough personally....and > to be honest I'm not sure what she is doing is really very > original...many artists have destroyed and rebuilt objects as them > selves in the past in various ways....to me she is not making people > think about the wonder of the object, where it comes from etc...it's > more about herself....and her practice. > > Now if she had prepared the meteorite in such a way to show off it's > wonder, or even just exhibited it in a a gallery as is...rather than > in a museum...then that would have asked far more questions about what > art is, or what the object means...the recasting is not so much about > the object...it is far more about the process and her own > practice....I feel she has said far less by recasting it....but I > suppose that's what art is about....it's more about the questions that > a piece is asking than the answer. > > Not sure what destroying something and remaking it in it's own image > and then sending it back to whence it came (partly) is really > saying.....only those who are wise about meteorites actually > understand what aspects of the object she has destroyed....most of the > general public/other artists etc will see the object as unchanged! > > Graham > > On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Peter Davidson via Meteorite-list > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Lads and Lassies > > > > Thank you to those who replied to the e-mail I sent about the "meteorite" > > sculpture by Katie Paterson which has been sent into space. To be honest I > > didn't expect a positive response and that is exactly what I got. I > > attended a talk by Katie last Saturday (2nd August) and I actually got to > > handle several of the meteorites she has recast. An odd and slightly > > disconcerting experience I thought. We got to chatting about possible > > future collaborations but it remains to be seen what that might actually > > turn out to mean. > > > > I have always believed that it one of the purposes of art (among many other > > things) to challenge, shock and discomfort people and ideas by presenting > > the familiar in a new and unfamiliar way - to make people rethink their > > ideas and to challenge them to take stock of their old values. This > > particular project does seem to have raised a few eyebrows and rattled a > > few cages. I am mulling over the idea of asking Katie if I could present > > these items at Ensisheim one year. > > > > Cheers > > > > Peter Davidson > > Senior Curator of Minerals > > > > National Museums Collection Centre > > 242 West Granton Road > > Edinburgh > > EH5 1JA > > 00 44 131 247 4283 > > [email protected] > > > > > > Discover the treasures of China's Ming dynasty at the National Museum of > > Scotland. > > Ming: The Golden Empire, 27 June-19 October 2014, > > www.nms.ac.uk/ming > > > > National Museums Scotland, Scottish Charity, No. SC 011130 > > This communication is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not > > the addressee please inform the sender and delete the email from your > > system. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of > > the author and do not necessarily reflect those of National Museums > > Scotland. This message is subject to the Data Protection Act 1998 and > > Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. 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