Hi Joel, It's interesting you give Duchamp as an example, as I think with him the story could easily be put the other way round: the recognition he achieved and the ability to ingeniously support himself through his art - using the Large Glass for rent or paying his dentist with a hand painted cheque - allowed him to experiment, fool around at his leisure, and eventually come up with a body of work that is impossible to ingore in the extent of its influence over subsequent art practice, whether you love it or hate it.
On the other hand, I expect there will always be artists, as there will always be businesspeople everywhere, trying to give the market what it wants in order to make a profit, but that's really up to them - and I don't think starving them would make them better artists; they'd probably just give up and get a better paying job elsewhere :-) On 7 September 2014 08:59, Joel Weishaus <[email protected]> wrote: > Isabel; > > You're right to call me on this. > > What I had in mind is that awards (I mean by this "blue ribbons") tend to > make some artists think that they can get away with whatever they make as > long as they sign it. (Duchamp). > I shouldn't have included grants. However, with rising prices, only the > strongest, or maddest, artists will give the collectors what they don't > want. > > I would agree with you that "good artists don't have to eat," if you add > "so much, especially Americans." > > Smiles to you, > Joel > > > On 9/6/2014 3:25 PM, isabel brison wrote: > > > > > > As for the canon, the best work that enters it is only after the artist > is dead and the dust has settled. So that the artist-at-work isn't tainted > by rising prices, grants or prizes. > > Good job artists don't need to eat, or we'd _really_ be in trouble. > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing > [email protected]http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > Homepage and Archives Portal:http://www.cddc.vt.edu/host/weishaus/index.htm > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- http://isabelbrison.com http://tellthemachines.com
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