Digital BW, The Print

I found Jerome's comments on prints and art quite lucid( his web site is a 
delight as well), and this group seems to be reaching a consensus that there 
is good art and bad art, and quite a bit of time passes before the community 
of art critics and art lovers (some being the same people) finally agree on 
what is good art.

For us, it seems that we like the thought that the image is the thing, and 
process should be secondary to the decision of what is good art.

But as soon as we try to place a value on a particular piece of art, all the 
other factors that have been mentioned kick in.   

If it is hard to produce, we value it higher.   Or if rare, or if only one 
can be produced, or if the artist is notorious for something, if it breaks 
new ground, or if very rich people or celebrities like it, or if the artist 
died poor and romantically, and on and on.   

And all this stuff determines what you can sell it for.   And maybe others 
will make a lot more money than you after you're dead.   Cruel world no 
doubt.

So what do we do?   Make the best , most unique and true to you art that you 
can as often as you can.   Pay some necessary attention to promotion if you 
need to make a living, or need the recognition of the world to feed your 
spirit.   Huddle with the other like spirits for warmth, and talk to this 
wonderful list.

Evangelos Platon Dounoucos, aka Angelo D.








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