& how nice it is to have you posting here on Netbehaviour, Dyske!
warmest
michael
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Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] The Art of the Hunt
Thanks Dyske,
"I think this article tells us what purpose art world is actually
serving. There is a reason for every supply and demand."
Very interesting -- especially when there is so much going
elsewhere at the edge of art etc...
marc
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/opinion/sunday/the-art-of-the-hunt.html
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>I thought this was an interesting article because it spells out something that
>the art world deliberately obfuscates in order to protect the prestige of
>everyone involved (not just collectors, but artists, galleries, museums,
>donors, etc..). I think this article tells us what purpose art world is
>actually serving. There is a reason for every supply and demand.
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>Another example of deliberate obfuscation is rolling papers. They pretend as
>though they are for rolling cigarettes but in reality people buy them to roll
>marijuana. The purpose of Q-tips is obfuscated too. We all buy them to clean
>our ear canals but the company pretends as though we never do (presumably to
>avoid law suits).
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>The art world exists to exalt the social statuses of egotistical men, and the
>artists are playing dumb, in denial, or truly ignorant of the purpose they are
>serving.
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>This is what I like about digital/net art. It's very bad at serving this
>purpose.
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>Dyske from NYC
>http://dyske.com
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