On Apr 7, 2012, at 8:53 AM, Bob W wrote: >>>> So, the "Painter of Light" (tm) has passed at the early age of 54 >>>> years. The Kenny G of painting is gone... >>>> >>> >>> He may not have been too fast to live, but 54 is too young to die. >> I'm >>> 54. I shall be mightily pissed off if I don't live well well beyond >> 90. >>> >>> I love this phrase from the article someone linked to "it has become >>> fashionable for art critics to dismiss his pieces." >>> >>> "It has become fashionable" - as if it was a mere passing fad among >>> the ignoranti, and the true artistic value of this oeuvre will come >> to >>> be understood with the passing of the years. >>> >> >> Hi work was conceptually trite and formulaic in execution, but he was >> not without talent. Of course his main talent was marketing: he >> discovered a way to turn painting into a very lucrative enterprise. For >> that, he is to be commended. >> > > sure, if you think making money out of shit is the be-all and end-all,
You said that, not me. I merely said that marketing is itself a talent. And while Kincaid's work as a body is trite in that the formula is so evident, some of his pieces if viewed in isolation are quite pleasant. That they've made millions of people happy is a good thing, and that they made their creator rich isn't a bad thing. He obviously knew how to create an image on canvas. I suppose he could have aspired to something unique and played the starving-artist role. Would that have been more commendable?. It's fascinating that the modern world can deride Kikcade's happy little scenes, yet count Jackson Pollock's turkey-baster splashing of paint as fine art. How odd, how foolish. Paul > but > his work is still shit and it will always be dismissed as shit by people who > know shit from shinola. > > B > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
