Well, no, I'm referring to the collective of artists. Making art is a social process, not an individual one of "genius." For every successful dead artist, there is a thousand forgotten dead artists who will forever remain so.
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 8:20 AM, michael perelman < [email protected]> wrote: > Tom, that depends on the artist, which again reflects the subjectivity of > abstraction. If an artist wants to succeed, it is a good idea to die. > > > On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 8:09 AM, Tom Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Paintings embody labour far in excess of their exchange value when you >> take into account the millions of units that never receive any revenue. >> >> >> On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 7:49 AM, michael perelman < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Ricardo pointed out paintings as examples of exchange value far in >>> excess of the labor embodied, although he never took abstract labor into >>> account. >>> >>> >> -- >> Cheers, >> >> Tom Walker (Sandwichman) >> _______________________________________________ >> pen-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >> >> > > > -- > Michael Perelman > Economics Department > California State University > Chico, CA > 95929 > > 530 898 5321 > fax 530 898 5901 > http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > -- Cheers, Tom Walker (Sandwichman)
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