Paul is on to something here. There is nothing strange about someone producing lousy art. OTOH, it's really weird that so many people bought this stuff. This is not some kind of visual Ponzi scheme; you can actually see what you are buying and there is no deception. If he sold his stuff then there's certainly a major source of reinforcement that a lot of people think his "art" is just peachy. Why should he pay any attention to the ones that don't like his stuff and assume they are right? A lot a folks don't listen to Mozart, after all. Of course, his reported personal unhappiness may indicate that he didn't like his own stuff.
On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > > 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 >> PDML@pdml.net >> 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 > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
