On Apr 8, 2012, at 5:42 PM, John Francis wrote: > On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 03:44:34PM -0500, Christine Aguila wrote: >> I don't even blame Kinkade for his own self-promotion. > > I have absolutely no problems with his self-promotion, nor with his > ability to sell vast quantities of his product. My objection is to > the pretence that he is providing the artistic equivalent of fine > dining rather than fast food. > Of course if his work wasn't positioned as a "fine dining" equivalent, it wouldn't sell. The pretense is an essential part of the product. While his happy little scenes aren't my idea of art, they obviously fit that definition for some. That's opinion to which his buyers are entitled. Beauty and message are subjective, and the art market isn't subject to censor by the taste police. Paul > > -- > 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.
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