As is very often the case, it's an athletic piling on so as not to be left out. No matter the true feelings of some, finding out that they don't hold the opinion popular with their current segment of associates, can put their social comfort in jeopardy. Some may resent his success much as the tendencies of some to hate a lottery winner. I'm not impressed with the style his work, only of his success. Jack
From: Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 7, 2012 6:56 AM Subject: Re: OT: Thomas Kinkade, Dead 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. -- 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.
